WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Despite having the only movie to cross the $300 million worldwide line (The Lego Movie), Warner Brothers lags behind Sony which has no mega-hit but three of its four films in 2014 are at $100 million or more worldwide. But it’s early in the race with Disney yet to release a film in 2014.
Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is running 12% ahead of last year but only 1% above the average for the past four years ($1.205 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $3.1 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 1-7 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2014 | $1.219 | $3.060 | Jan 6-Feb 23 |
| 2013 | $1.090 | n/a | Jan 7-Feb 24 |
| 2012 | $1.317 | n/a | Jan 2-Feb 19 |
| 2011 | $1.040 | n/a | Jan 3-Feb 20 |
| 2010 | $1.374 | n/a | Jan 4-Feb 21 |
The past weeks in North America are 13% ahead of the same period last year but only 2% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.009 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2014 | $1.026 | Jan 13-Feb 23 |
| 2013 | $0.905 | Jan 14-Feb 24 |
| 2012 | $1.093 | Jan 9-Feb 19 |
| 2011 | $0.879 | Jan 10-Feb 20 |
| 2010 | $1.158 | Jan 11-Feb 21 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. The Lego Movie had a huge week overseas for Warner Brothers, while Sony had decent overseas performances by RoboCop, Pompeii and Monuments Men.
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