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January 26, 2020
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.26.2020

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studios (films entering wide release in the 2019 calendar year), including worldwide box office for those films during 2020. We will begin the track of the 2020 slate soon.

BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2020 is now +14% above last year’s comparable span but -2% below this point averaged over the past four years ($0.579 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $1.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office for those films. That’s +10% above the comparable worldwide box office last year but -6% below this point averaged over the past four years ($1.482 billion).

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) Weeks 1-3
North America Worldwide
2020 $0.569 $1.395 Jan 6-Jan 26
2019 $0.497 $1.273 Jan 7-Jan 27
2018 $0.572 $1.739 Jan 8-Jan 28
2017 $0.641 $1.622 Jan 2-Jan 22
2016 $0.604 $1.295 Jan 4-Jan 24

 

The past six weeks in North America are now +12% below the same period last year (2 points better than last week’s comparison) and now -3% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.643 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)
2020 $1.591 since Dec 16
2019 $1.426 since Dec 17
2018 $1.648 since Dec 18
2017 $1.641 since Dec 12
2016 $1.855 since Dec 14

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film rankings for movies released in over 1,000 North American theaters in the 2019 calendar year. We will begin the 2020 rankings soon.

PREVIOUS WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARDS

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.