WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 films by studio. We will begin tracking the 2017 slate in a few weeks.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now +8% above last year and now +12% above the average for this point the past four years ($0.858 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $2.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +11% above the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage and -4% below 2015).
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 1-5 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2017 | $0.963 | $2.432 | Jan 2-Feb 5 |
| 2016 | $0.889 | $2.193 | Jan 4-Feb 7 |
| 2015 | $0.936 | $2.546 | Jan 5-Feb 8 |
| 2014 | $0.857 | $2.161 | Jan 6-Feb 9 |
| 2013 | $0.751 | n/a | Jan 7-Feb 10 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +7% from the same period last year (14 points better than last week, swinging from -7% last week) and now up +20% from the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.195 billion), 10 points better than last week.
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2017 | $1.429 | since Dec 26 |
| 2016 | $1.331 | since Dec 28 |
| 2015 | $1.259 | since Dec 29 |
| 2014 | $1.155 | since Dec 30 |
| 2013 | $1.033 | since Dec 31 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings. We will begin tracking films released wide in 2017 in a few weeks.
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