Warner Brothers is back on top of Disney, thanks to the second Hobbit film. For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here.
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 almost $9.5 billion, virtually even with last year’s pace and 4% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012 ($9.115 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 very good $168 million in wide-release North American box office, 61% ahead of the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($104 million) and 66% ahead of the same week last year ($101 million), which is a little misleading since this year there is one less week between Thanksgiving and Christmas. (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 1-49 | |
| 2013 | $9.474 | Jan 7-Dec 15 |
| 2012 | $9.446 | Jan 2-Dec 9 |
| 2011 | $8.791 | Jan 3-Dec 11 |
| 2010 | $9.054 | Jan 4-Dec 12 |
| 2009 | $9.168 | Jan 5-Dec 13 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now 1% above the same six weeks in 2012 and 13% above the four-year average in the same time frame ($1.110 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 44-49 | |
| 2013 | $1.252 | Nov 4-Dec 15 |
| 2012 | $1.241 | Oct 29-Dec 9 |
| 2011 | $0.993 | Oct 31-Dec 11 |
| 2010 | $1.046 | Nov 1-Dec 12 |
| 2009 | $1.160 | Nov 2-Dec 13 |
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