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December 28, 2013
 

Holiday Box Office 2013 — through Friday Dec 27

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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A very decent holiday box office continues.  Through 12 days of the Holiday Season (December 16-27), the top 10 films in North America each day have totaled $433 million, up 19.5% from last year ($362 million) and up 9.9% from the multi-year average since 2002 ($394 million).

The $58.7 million for the top 10 films Friday was solid: above the $49.2 million average for December 27 since 2002 but just below the $60.8 million average when December 27 has fallen on a weekend.

Box Office Volume — Top 10 Films North America
($ millions) Past 11 years — 2002-2012
# days 2013 2012 Average Peak Year
Dec 16-22 7 193 146 180 223 (2003)
Dec 16-23 8 226 178 213 247 (2003)
Dec 16-24 9 248 196 233 266 (2009)
Dec 16-25 10 316 265 287 349 (2009)
Dec 16-26 11 374 316 345 445 (2009)
Dec 16-27 12 433 362 394 521 (2009)
Dec 16-28 13 414 440 579 (2009)
Dec 16-29 14 471 484 637 (2009)
Dec 16-30 15 517 527 693 (2009)
Dec 16-31 16 553 563 742 (2009)
Dec 16-Jan 1 17 600 612 820 (2009)
Dec 16-Jan 2 18 623 649 901 (2009)
Dec 16-Jan 3 19 642 674 947 (2009)

After another two days with more than $50 million for the top 10 films today and Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (December 30-31) should each be in the $35-40 million range each day (typically figures when those dates fall on weekdays).

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Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.
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