WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is a final look at the 2019 film slates by studios (films entering wide release in the 2019 calendar year), including worldwide box office for those films during 2020. We will begin the track of the 2020 slate next week.
BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2020 is now +12% above last year’s comparable span but -6% below this point averaged over the past four years ($0.868 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $2.2 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office for those films. That’s +19% above the comparable worldwide box office last year but -4% below this point averaged over the past four years ($2.304 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 1-5 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2020 | $0.821 | $2.217 | Jan 6-Feb 9 |
| 2019 | $0.734 | $1.867 | Jan 7-Feb 10 |
| 2018 | $0.888 | $2.720 | Jan 8-Feb 11 |
| 2017 | $0.963 | $2.436 | Jan 2-Feb 5 |
| 2016 | $0.889 | $2.193 | Jan 4-Feb 7 |
The past six weeks in North America are now +9% below the same period last year (2 points worse than last week’s comparison) and now -9% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.248 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2020 | $1.134 | since Dec 30 |
| 2019 | $1.039 | since Dec 31 |
| 2018 | $1.191 | since Jan 1 |
| 2017 | $1.429 | since Dec 26 |
| 2016 | $1.331 | since Dec 28 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here is a final look at the 2019 film rankings for movies released in over 1,000 North American theaters in the 2019 calendar year. We will begin the 2020 rankings next week.
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