Frozen continues to push Disney to a clear first place finish for the 2013 slate. And thanks to continued strong overseas grosses for The Wolf of Wall Street, Paramount has surged ahead of Lionsgate/Summit by a nose. For a complete ranking of films individually by worldwide performance click here.
An early look at the 2014 Studio Scorecard can be found at the end of this post.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is still running 13% ahead of last year and now 4% above the average for the past four years ($1.021 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $2.62 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 1-6 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2014 | $1.064 | $2.620 | Jan 6-Feb 16 |
| 2013 | $0.941 | n/a | Jan 7-Feb 17 |
| 2012 | $1.100 | n/a | Jan 2-Feb 12 |
| 2011 | $0.860 | n/a | Jan 3-Feb 13 |
| 2010 | $1.182 | n/a | Jan 4-Feb 14 |
The past weeks in North America was 9% ahead of the same week last year and 4% above the four-year average in the same week ($199 million).
| North American Box Office PAST WEEK | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2014 | $0.207 | Feb 10-16 |
| 2013 | $0.190 | Feb 11-17 |
| 2012 | $0.214 | Feb 6-12 |
| 2011 | $0.165 | Feb 7-13 |
| 2010 | $0.229 | Feb 8-14 |
The year is only six weeks young, but here’s an early look at studio performance for 2014. Disney has yet to release anything since January 1, but most of the other studios have released around three films to date. Warner Brothers is showing its usual feast or famine pattern, with one mega-hit (Lego Movie) and two micro-performers. On the other hand, Sony looks unusually even: no big bombs and no big hits — just three reasonable starts.
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