WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 films by studio. We will begin tracking the 2017 slate in a few weeks.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +1% above last year and now +9% above the average for this point the past four years ($0.400 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $1.2 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +24% above the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage and +6% ahead of 2015). Of course, take these early 2017 numbers with a grain of salt until we have more weeks in the averages.
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) | Weeks 1-2 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2017 | $0.436 | $1.209 | 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 |
| 2013 | $0.362 | n/a | Jan 7-Dec 20 |
The past six weeks in North America are still down -13% from the same period last year but now up +4% from the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.486 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2017 | $1.546 | since Dec 5 |
| 2016 | $1.780 | since Dec 7 |
| 2015 | $1.356 | since Dec 8 |
| 2014 | $1.462 | since Dec 9 |
| 2013 | $1.348 | since Dec 10 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings. We will begin tracking films released wide in 2017 in a few weeks.
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