WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio, including early 2018 dollars for films released later in 2017.
We will start tracking the 2018 studio slates in a few weeks.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +15% above last year and +20% above the average for this point the past four years ($420 million). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $1.45 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s still +20% above the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage and +49% above 2016).
A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday in January, 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.) 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) | Weeks 1-2 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2018 | $0.503 | $1.453 | Jan 1-Jan 14 |
| 2017 | $0.439 | $1.213 | Jan 2-Jan 15 |
| 2016 | $0.430 | $0.972 | Jan 4-Jan 17 |
| 2015 | $0.398 | $1.146 | Jan 5-Jan 18 |
| 2014 | $0.411 | $1.014 | Jan 6-Jan 19 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +9% from the same period last year and now up +10% from the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.537 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2018 | $1.687 | since Dec 4 |
| 2017 | $1.550 | since Dec 5 |
| 2016 | $1.780 | since Dec 7 |
| 2015 | $1.356 | since Dec 8 |
| 2014 | $1.462 | since Dec 9 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here is an updated look at the 2017 film rankings. The numbers in this section are only from films released wide this year (and not box office for films released late last year that carried into this year).
We will start tracking 2018 in releases in a few weeks.
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