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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.20.2016

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.  Note: We have amended the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide.

Studio YTD 2016 as of 2016 Mar 20

 

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +6% above last year and still +9% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.861 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $5.1 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now -3% behind the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage but ahead of 2014 by +8%).

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 1-11
North America Worldwide
2016 $2.024 $5.117 Jan 4-Mar 20
2015 $1.901 $5.267 Jan 5-Mar 22
2014 $1.835 $4.748 Jan 6-Mar 23
2013 $1.692 n/a Jan 7-Mar 24
2012 $2.016 n/a Jan 2-Mar 18

The past six weeks in North America are now up +18% from the same period last year (similar to last week: +11% pace last week and +14% pace two weeks ago) and now +13% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.004 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2016 $1.135 since Feb 8
2015 $0.966 since Feb 9
2014 $0.979 since Feb 10
2013 $0.941 since Feb 11
2012 $1.129 since Feb 6

 

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.

International 2016 through 2016 Mar 20

 

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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.