WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. We will continue tracking 2015 for several more weeks as the holiday films finish their runs. We will begin tracking the 2016 slates soon.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now even with last year and now +9% above the average for this point the past four years ($0.707 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed nearly $1.9 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s -7% behind 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 1-4 |
| North America |
Worldwide |
| 2016 |
$0.768 |
$1.855 |
Jan 4-Jan 31 |
| 2015 |
$0.766 |
$2.001 |
Jan 5-Feb 1 |
| 2014 |
$0.691 |
$1.781 |
Jan 6-Feb 2 |
| 2013 |
$0.630 |
n/a |
Jan 7-Feb 3 |
| 2012 |
$0.743 |
n/a |
Jan 2-Jan 29 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +17% from the same period last year (continuing to cool from recent weeks: +24% pace last week and +31% pace two weeks ago) and now +24% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.358 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS |
|
(billions) |
|
| 2016 |
$1.689 |
since Dec 21 |
| 2015 |
$1.441 |
since Dec 22 |
| 2014 |
$1.375 |
since Dec 23 |
| 2013 |
$1.308 |
since Dec 24 |
| 2012 |
$1.310 |
since Dec 19 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. A first look at the 2016 rankings.
Here are the updated 2015 rankings.
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