The top 10 films December 26, 2014 totaled $63.3 million,right at the average $63.1 million for the days since 2002 when December 26 landed on a Friday-Sunday. The last time December 26 fell on a Friday (2008), the day’s top 10 films added up to a similar $63.5 million. The 11 days December 16-26 total $372 million this year, now +7.3% ahead of the average for this period the last 12 years and now basically even (-0.3%) with last year’s pace.
| Box Office Volume — Top 10 Films North America |
| ($ millions) |
Past 12 years — 2002-2013 |
|
# days |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
Peak Year |
Low Year |
| Dec 16-22 |
7 |
196 |
193 |
181 |
223 (’03) |
112 (’08) |
| Dec 16-23 |
8 |
222 |
226 |
214 |
247 (’03) |
128 (’08) |
| Dec 16-24 |
9 |
238 |
248 |
234 |
266 (’09) |
138 (’08) |
| Dec 16-25 |
10 |
309 |
315 |
290 |
349 (’09) |
205 (’08) |
| Dec 16-26 |
11 |
372 |
373 |
347 |
445 (’09) |
268 (’08) |
| Dec 16-27 |
12 |
|
432 |
397 |
521 (’09) |
329 (’08) |
| Dec 16-28 |
13 |
|
494 |
444 |
579 (’09) |
375 (’08) |
| Dec 16-29 |
14 |
|
541 |
488 |
637 (’09) |
408 (’04) |
| Dec 16-30 |
15 |
|
580 |
531 |
693 (’09) |
442 (’04) |
| Dec 16-31 |
16 |
|
616 |
568 |
742 (’09) |
475 (’08) |
| Dec 16-Jan 1 |
17 |
|
664 |
616 |
820 (’09) |
525 (’08) |
| Dec 16-Jan 2 |
18 |
|
690 |
652 |
901 (’09) |
558 (’04) |
| Dec 16-Jan 3 |
19 |
|
733 |
679 |
947 (’09) |
571 (’04) |
December 27 has averaged $60.4 million when it has fallen on a Friday-Sunday, as it does this year (while the day has averaged $42.5 million when it has fallen on a Monday-Thursday). The last time the day after Christmas was on a Saturday (2008), the day totaled $60.5 million for the top 10 films. So far so good for the important holiday season.
Come back tomorrow as we look at how December 27 actually turned out.
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