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February 16, 2020
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 2.16.2020

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is a first look at the 2020 film slates by studios (films entering wide release in the 2020 calendar year).

BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2020 is now +14% above last year’s comparable span but -7% below this point averaged over the past four years ($1.110 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $2.6 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office for those films. That’s +15% above the comparable worldwide box office last year but -8% below this point averaged over the past four years ($2.849 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 1-6
North America Worldwide
2020 $1.028 $2.618 Jan 6-Feb 16
2019 $0.902 $2.276 Jan 7-Feb 17
2018 $1.220 $3.408 Jan 8-Feb 18
2017 $1.173 $2.958 Jan 2-Feb 12
2016 $1.147 $2.754 Jan 4-Feb 14

 

The past six weeks in North America are now +14% below the same period last year (5 points better than last week’s comparison) and now -7% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.110 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)
2020 $1.028 since Jan 6
2019 $0.902 since Jan 7
2018 $1.220 since Jan 8
2017 $1.173 since Jan 2
2016 $1.147 since Jan 4

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here is a first look at the 2020 film rankings for movies released in over 1,000 North American theaters in the 2020 calendar year. Films like 1917 and Parasite were released in 2019 but did not reach wide release until 2020.

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.