WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Warner Brothers moved back into first place for the year with the release of Focus, although it really is a virtual tie with Universal.
Note: the Scorecard has been updated below, flipping The DUFF and McFarland, USA to their correct studios.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +9% above last year and +12% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.319 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over$3.9 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s a sizable +18% ahead of the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage).
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 1-8 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2015 | $1.477 | $3.972 | Jan 5-Mar 1 |
| 2014 | $1.360 | $3.361 | Jan 6-Mar 2 |
| 2013 | $1.219 | n/a | Jan 7-Mar 3 |
| 2012 | $1.503 | n/a | Jan 2-Feb 26 |
| 2011 | $1.194 | n/a | Jan 3-Feb 27 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +14% from the same period last year (similar to the +15% pace last week and still above the +10% pace two weeks ago) and now +14% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.950 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2015 | $1.079 | since Jan 19 |
| 2014 | $0.948 | since Jan 20 |
| 2013 | $0.857 | since Jan 21 |
| 2012 | $1.119 | since Jan 16 |
| 2011 | $0.876 | since Jan 17 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.
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