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March 15, 2015
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.15.2015

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.

Studio YTD 2015 as of 2015 Mar 15

 

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +4% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.638 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $4.8 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +11% 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 1-10
North America Worldwide
2015 $1.737 $4.802 Jan 5-Mar 15
2014 $1.676 $4.341 Jan 6-Mar 16
2013 $1.528 n/a Jan 7-Mar 17
2012 $1.865 n/a Jan 2-Mar 11
2011 $1.482 n/a Jan 3-Mar 13

The past six weeks in North America are now down -1% from the same period last year (similar to the -0% pace last week and well below the +14% pace two weeks ago) and now -0% versus the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.974 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2015 $0.971 since Feb 2
2014 $0.985 since Feb 3
2013 $0.898 since Feb 4
2012 $1.122 since Jan 30
2011 $0.890 since Jan 31

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.

International 2015 through 2015 Mar 15

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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.