>Now 12 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 26% ahead of last year’s worrisome pace, and the year-to-date total is now fully 15% ahead of the comparable period’s average for the last several years. The Hunger Games lived up to the hype and played like an early summer tentpole in March. […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is still down -2% from last year and still +1% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.042 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost […]
> The past week (seven days ending Sunday) came in up 16% versus last year’s comparable week (the second significant increase in as many weeks). Year-to-date box office is now down 6% versus last year. The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between July 18 and July 24 grossed $289 million, up 16% versus […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +8% above last year and now +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($6.066 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $16.3 billion worldwide when we add […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +7% above last year and now +10% above the average for this point the past four years ($4.022 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $12.6 […]
The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between December 10 and December 16 grossed a solid $153 million, up 6% from the four-year average for the week and up 12% from the same week last year. The past six weeks are still 18% above the four-year average and 24% […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is now -7% below last year’s comparable span (1 point worse than last week’s comparison) and still basically even with this point the past four years ($9.092 billion). Over the […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is still +9% above last year and still +11% above the average for this point […]