WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Universal is the big gainer again this week, partly because of the forecast domestic total for Ted 2 added to the chart but mostly because of almost $300 million in overseas box office added to Jurassic World (some of which is delayed reporting from the prior week).
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and now +7% above the average for this point the past four years ($4.679 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $13.0 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +6% 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 1-25 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2015 | $5.004 | $13.036 | Jan 5-Jun 28 |
| 2014 | $4.711 | $12.324 | Jan 6-Jun 29 |
| 2013 | $4.808 | n/a | Jan 7-Jun 30 |
| 2012 | $4.825 | n/a | Jan 2-Jun 24 |
| 2011 | $4.373 | n/a | Jan 3-Jun 26 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +9% from the same period last year (better than the +6% pace last week and well above the -2% pace two weeks ago) and +8% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.430 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2015 | $1.540 | since May 18 |
| 2014 | $1.411 | since May 19 |
| 2013 | $1.683 | since May 20 |
| 2012 | $1.227 | since May 14 |
| 2011 | $1.401 | since May 16 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.
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