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November 16, 2014
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 11.16.2014

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.

Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014.

Studio YTD 2014 as of 2014 Nov 16

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is still running -5% behind last year and -3% below the average for this point the past four years ($8.399 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $21.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office.

A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday after New Year’s Day, and our year ends on the Sunday after New Year’s Day the following calendar year.  (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.)

Box Office YEAR TO DATE
(billions) Weeks 1-45
North America Worldwide
2014 $8.189 $21.420 Jan 6-Nov 16
2013 $8.588 n/a Jan 7-Nov 17
2012 $8.574 n/a Jan 2-Nov 11
2011 $8.096 n/a Jan 3-Nov 13
2010 $8.340 n/a Jan 4-Nov 14

The past six weeks in North America are still +8% ahead of the same period last year (the same pace as last week and below the +11% pace two weeks ago) and now +12% ahead of the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.893 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2014 $1.000 since Oct 6
2013 $0.927 since Oct 7
2012 $0.977 since Oct 1
2011 $0.792 since Oct 3
2010 $0.876 since Oct 4

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Dumb and Dumber To enters the 2014 worldwide chart at #47 (with moderate overseas prospects), while Beyond the Lights starts at #101 (with very little potential overseas).  

International 2014 through 2014 Nov 16



About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.