STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, Warner Brothers again distanced itself from the others as Gravity enjoyed an upgraded domestic final and the start of overseas dollars, which will soon turn into a gusher. Sony also had a good week as Captain Phillips came aboard and overseas results from other films continued to come in, but the high-volume/ low-hit studio remains down in 5th place overall. The other studios were generally very quiet this past week.
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals over $7.8 billion, still 1% ahead of 2012’s pace and 3% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012 ($7.579 billion). Each year-to-date period below is defined as the first Monday after New Year’s Day through the most recent Sunday. The past week generated $149 million in wide-release North American box office, 17% above the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($128 million) but 8% below the same week last year ($163 million). (The most recent week’s numbers are based on weekend estimates, which are usually at worst a couple of percentage points off from the final weekend tallies.)
| North American Box Office YEAR TO DATE | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-40 | |
| 2013 | $7.810 | Jan 7-Oct 13 |
| 2012 | $7.760 | Jan 2-Oct 7 |
| 2011 | $7.420 | Jan 3-Oct 9 |
| 2010 | $7.574 | Jan 4-Oct 10 |
| 2009 | $7.562 | Jan 5-Oct 11 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now 1% above the same six weeks in 2012 and 2% above the four-year average in the same time frame ($0.735 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 35-40 | |
| 2013 | $0.747 | Sep 2-Oct 13 |
| 2012 | $0.736 | Aug 27-Oct 7 |
| 2011 | $0.756 | Aug 29-Oct 9 |
| 2010 | $0.712 | Aug 30-Oct 10 |
| 2009 | $0.736 | Aug 31-Oct 11 |
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