WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio, with Fox continuing to lap the field and even show it’s human with Eddie the Eagle its first movie of the year in the weak box office category. We have amended the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and now +8% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.390 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $3.6 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now -10% behind the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage but still ahead of 2014 by +6%).
A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday after New Year’s Day, 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.)
| Box Office YEAR TO DATE | |||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-8 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $1.502 | $3.571 | Jan 4-Feb 28 |
| 2015 | $1.476 | $3.971 | Jan 5-Mar 1 |
| 2014 | $1.360 | $3.361 | Jan 6-Mar 2 |
| 2013 | $1.219 | n/a | Jan 7-Mar 3 |
| 2012 | $1.503 | n/a | Jan 2-Feb 26 |
The past six weeks in North America are now down -1% from the same period last year (similar to previous weeks: -4% pace last week and -2% pace two weeks ago) but still +7% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.001 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.072 | since Jan 18 |
| 2015 | $1.078 | since Jan 19 |
| 2014 | $0.948 | since Jan 20 |
| 2013 | $0.857 | since Jan 21 |
| 2012 | $1.119 | since Jan 16 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.
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