WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is the updated 2015 Scorecard, with Universal pulling past Warner Brothers by a nose. Each studio has a nearly identical profile of its slate: one successful blockbuster, an expensive sci-fi/ fantasy movie that tanked domestically but it is somewhat bailed out by some overseas business, and one or two outright bombs.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +10% above last year and a substantial +16% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.168 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $3.7 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s a sizable +16% ahead of the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage).
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 1-7 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2015 | $1.349 | $3.726 | Jan 5-Feb 22 |
| 2014 | $1.223 | $3.064 | Jan 6-Feb 23 |
| 2013 | $1.090 | n/a | Jan 7-Feb 24 |
| 2012 | $1.317 | n/a | Jan 2-Feb 19 |
| 2011 | $1.040 | n/a | Jan 3-Feb 20 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +15% from the same period last year (up from the +10% pace last week and the +9% pace two weeks ago) and now +21% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.977 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2015 | $1.184 | since Jan 12 |
| 2014 | $1.030 | since Jan 13 |
| 2013 | $0.905 | since Jan 14 |
| 2012 | $1.093 | since Jan 9 |
| 2011 | $0.879 | since Jan 10 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.
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