STUDIO SCORECARD. Warner Brothers has jumped into second place in worldwide box office for the year to date, thanks to the opening of Man of Steel and to some extent continued overseas business for Great Gatsby and Hangover 3. With the projected domestic total for Man of Steel, Warners is now the #1 studio domestically by a mile. The relative underperformance internationally keeps the studio just ahead of #3 Universal on a worldwide basis.
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just under $4.2 billion, still down 5% from 2012 but now equal to the prior four-year average 2009-2012. Each year-to-date period below is defined as the first Monday after New Year’s Day through the most recent Sunday. The past week generated a terrific $273 million in wide-release North American box office, up 30% from the same week last year and up 33% from the 2009-2012 average for the same week. (The most recent week’s numbers are based on weekend estimates, which are usually at worst a couple of percentage points of the final weekend tallies.)
| North American Box Office YEAR TO DATE | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-23 | |
| 2012 | $4.413 | Jan 2-June 10 |
| 2009 | $4.178 | Jan 5-June 14 |
| 2013 | $4.185 | Jan 7-June 16 |
| 2009 | $4.178 | Jan 4-June 13 |
| 2011 | $3.928 | Jan 3-June 12 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now 10% above the same six weeks in 2012 and up 15% from the four-year average in the same time frame.
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 18-23 | |
| 2013 | $1.467 | May 6-June 16 |
| 2011 | $1.340 | May 2-June 12 |
| 2012 | $1.337 | Apr 23-June 10 |
| 2009 | $1.269 | May 4-June 14 |
| 2010 | $1.159 | May 3-June 13 |
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