With the release of Thor: The Dark World Disney has reclaimed second place in the worldwide box office race, pushing Universal to third and moving to within $100 million of Warner Brothers. Still a lot of overseas upside for the second installment of Thor so Disney should be back at #1 in the next week or two.
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 totals over $8.4 billion, now 1% ahead of last year’s pace and 3% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012 ($8.159 billion). Each year-to-date period below is defined as the first Monday after New Year’s Day through the most recent Sunday. The past week generated a strong $197 million in wide-release North American box office, 28% above the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($154 million) and 21% above the same week last year ($163 million). (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.)
| North American Box Office YEAR TO DATE | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-44 | |
| 2013 | $8.419 | Jan 7-Nov 10 |
| 2012 | $8.368 | Jan 2-Nov 4 |
| 2011 | $7.936 | Jan 3-Nov 6 |
| 2010 | $8.180 | Jan 4-Nov 7 |
| 2009 | $8.151 | Jan 5-Nov 8 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now only 1% below the same six weeks in 2012 and 8% above the four-year average in the same time frame ($0.832 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 39-44 | |
| 2013 | $0.896 | Sep 30-Nov 10 |
| 2012 | $0.906 | Sep 24-Nov 4 |
| 2011 | $0.758 | Sep 26-Nov 6 |
| 2010 | $0.829 | Sep 27-Nov 7 |
| 2009 | $0.833 | Sep 28-Nov 8 |
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