As we continue to tally the films released wide in 2013, Disney has pulled to within $1 million of Warner Brothers in worldwide box office for the year (out of over $9 billion between the rival studios). Disney continues to benefit mightily from Frozen, which has now surpassed The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug worldwide. For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here.
We will begin tracking the 2014 Studio Scorecard in mid-February.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is now running 12% ahead of last year and 7% ahead of the average for the past four years ($546 million). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $1.442 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office. 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 1-3 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2014 | $0.582 | $1.442 | Jan 6-Jan 26 |
| 2013 | $0.519 | n/a | Jan 7-Jan 27 |
| 2012 | $0.564 | n/a | Jan 2-Jan 22 |
| 2011 | $0.464 | n/a | Jan 3-Jan 23 |
| 2010 | $0.637 | n/a | Jan 4-Jan 24 |
The past six weeks in North America are still running 8% ahead of the same six weeks last year and now 9% above the four-year average in the same time frame ($1.339 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Week 50-Week 3 | |
| 2014 | $1.462 | Dec 16-Jan 26 |
| 2013 | $1.351 | Dec 17-Jan 27 |
| 2012 | $1.268 | Dec 12-Jan 22 |
| 2011 | $1.222 | Dec 13-Jan 23 |
| 2010 | $1.514 | Dec 14-Jan 24 |
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