As we continue to tally the films released wide in 2013, Disney has pulled away from Warner Brothers in worldwide box office as Frozen refuses to slow down. For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here.
We will begin tracking the 2014 Studio Scorecard next week.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is now running 13% ahead of last year and now 3% above the average for the past four years ($821 million). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $2.152 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 1-5 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2014 | $0.849 | $2.152 | Jan 6-Feb 9 |
| 2013 | $0.751 | n/a | Jan 7-Feb 10 |
| 2012 | $0.886 | n/a | Jan 2-Feb 5 |
| 2011 | $0.695 | n/a | Jan 3-Feb 6 |
| 2010 | $0.953 | n/a | Jan 4-Feb 7 |
The past six weeks in North America are now running 11% ahead of the same six weeks last year and now 3% below the four-year average in the same time frame ($1.177 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Week 52-Week 5 | |
| 2014 | $1.147 | Dec 30-Feb 9 |
| 2013 | $1.033 | Dec 31-Feb 10 |
| 2012 | $1.242 | Dec 26-Feb 5 |
| 2011 | $1.037 | Dec 27-Feb 6 |
| 2010 | $1.395 | Dec 28-Feb 7 |
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