WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2019 dollars for films released in late 2018. We will continue to track the 2018 slates until mid-February, when we will switch to tracking the 2019 slates.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 begins -21% below last year’s comparable span and -23% below the average for this point the past four years ($0.210 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed under half a billion dollars worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s -47% below the comparable worldwide box office last year and -29% below 2017).
A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday in January (except if that is New Year’s Day), and our year ends on the Sunday after New Year’s Day the following calendar year. The numbers in this chart contain box office grosses from each year’s films as well as grosses from prior year films that carried over into that year.
| Box Office YEAR TO DATE | |||
| (billions) | Week 1 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2019 | $0.162 | $0.443 | Jan 7-Jan 13 |
| 2018 | $0.206 | $0.832 | Jan 8-Jan 14 |
| 2017 | $0.250 | $0.626 | Jan 2-Jan 8 |
| 2016 | $0.219 | $0.500 | Jan 4-Jan 10 |
| 2015 | $0.164 | $0.491 | Jan 5-Jan 11 |
The past six weeks in North America are now -14% below the same period last year and now -10% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.489 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2019 | $1.334 | since Dec 3 |
| 2018 | $1.549 | since Dec 4 |
| 2017 | $1.484 | since Nov 28 |
| 2016 | $1.697 | since Nov 30 |
| 2015 | $1.224 | since Dec 1 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here is an updated look at the 2018 film rankings for movies released in over 1,000 North American theaters in the 2018 calendar year. We will continue to track 2019 dollars for these films until mid-February, and then we will transition to the 2019 film rankings.
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