WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Universal had another huge week with the release of Minions and Jurassic World taking over the spot as #1 film of the year worldwide. Universal now boasts four of the top five films of the year (see individual film ranking chart below). The other studios are playing a different game this year.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +7% above last year and now +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($5.287 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $14.5 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +7% 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 1-27 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2015 | $5.536 | $14.555 | Jan 5-Jul 12 |
| 2014 | $5.153 | $13.546 | Jan 6-Jul 13 |
| 2013 | $5.517 | n/a | Jan 7-Jul 14 |
| 2012 | $5.510 | n/a | Jan 2-Jul 8 |
| 2011 | $4.968 | n/a | Jan 3-Jul 10 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +21% from the same period last year (much better than the +13% pace last week and well above the +9% pace two weeks ago) and +7% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.550 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2015 | $1.665 | since June 1 |
| 2014 | $1.377 | since June 2 |
| 2013 | $1.809 | since June 3 |
| 2012 | $1.518 | since May 28 |
| 2011 | $1.494 | since May 30 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.
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