WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +6% above last year and +10% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.333 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $7.2 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +14% 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 1-14 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2015 | $2.560 | $7.235 | Jan 5-Apr 12 |
| 2014 | $2.406 | $6.362 | Jan 6-Apr 13 |
| 2013 | $2.232 | n/a | Jan 7-Apr 14 |
| 2012 | $2.624 | n/a | Jan 2-Apr 8 |
| 2011 | $2.071 | n/a | Jan 3-Apr 10 |
The past six weeks in North America are up +4% from the same period last year (much better than the -2% pace last week and the -5% pace two weeks ago) and now +7% from the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.014 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2015 | $1.084 | since Mar 2 |
| 2014 | $1.046 | since Mar 3 |
| 2013 | $1.013 | since Mar 4 |
| 2012 | $1.121 | since Feb 27 |
| 2011 | $0.877 | since Feb 28 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.
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