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March 9, 2014
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Year to date, Warner Brothers has pulled ahead thanks to the opening of 300: Rise of an Empire and recent overseas grosses from The LEGO Movie, as it really kicks into gear outside North America.

Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014.

Studio YTD 2014 as of 2014 Mar 9

 

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is running 10% ahead of last year but still basically even with the average for the past four years ($1.529 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed more than $3.9 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 1-9
North America Worldwide
2014 $1.526 $3.934 Jan 6-Mar 9
2013 $1.381 n/a Jan 7-Mar 10
2012 $1.696 n/a Jan 2-Mar 4
2011 $1.335 n/a Jan 3-Mar 6
2010 $1.704 n/a Jan 4-Mar 7

The past six weeks in North America are now 9% ahead of the same period last year but still 4% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.983 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2014 $0.942 Jan 27-Mar 9
2013 $0.862 Jan 28-Mar 10
2012 $1.132 Jan 23-Mar 4
2011 $0.871 Jan 24-Mar 6
2010 $1.067 Jan 25-Mar 7

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Updated below.

International 2014 through 2014 Mar 9



About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.