WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +9% above last year and now +11% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.765 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $21.6 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s still basically even with the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage and now +7% 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 1-40 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2018 | $8.593 | $21.658 | Jan 1-Oct 7 |
| 2017 | $7.868 | $21.652 | Jan 2-Oct 8 |
| 2016 | $8.012 | $20.313 | Jan 4-Oct 10 |
| 2015 | $7.815 | $20.285 | Jan 5-Oct 11 |
| 2014 | $7.364 | $19.347 | Jan 6-Oct 12 |
The past six weeks in North America are now +7% above the same period last year and now +8% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.803 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2018 | $0.865 | since Aug 27 |
| 2017 | $0.805 | since Aug 28 |
| 2016 | $0.762 | since Aug 29 |
| 2015 | $0.866 | since Aug 31 |
| 2014 | $0.782 | since Sep 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 since January 1.
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