WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. The 2014 Scorecard, updated with additional overseas grosses, has been updated below. The 2015 Scorecard will be introduced toward the end of January.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 (one full week young) is -14% behind last year and -13% below the average for this point the past four years ($0.191 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed just under $0.492 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +1% ahead of the comparable worldwide box office last year at this early 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) | Week 1 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2015 | $0.166 | $0.492 | Jan 5-Jan 11 |
| 2014 | $0.193 | $0.485 | Jan 6-Jan 12 |
| 2013 | $0.185 | n/a | Jan 7-Jan 13 |
| 2012 | $0.224 | n/a | Jan 2-Jan 8 |
| 2011 | $0.161 | n/a | Jan 3-Jan 9 |
The past six weeks in North America are now down -11% from the same period last year (better than the -13% pace last week and the -18% two weeks ago) and now even with above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.225 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2015 | $1.226 | since Dec 1 |
| 2014 | $1.371 | since Dec 2 |
| 2013 | $1.272 | since Dec 3 |
| 2012 | $1.121 | since Nov 28 |
| 2011 | $1.134 | since Nov 29 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. The Hobbit:The Battle of the Five Armies pushed past Guardians of the Galaxy to take the #2 spot for 2014 films. We will start tracking the 2015 films toward the end of January.
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