WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +3% above last year and +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.990 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $5.8 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +12% 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 1-12 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2015 | $2.085 | $5.777 | Jan 5-Mar 29 |
| 2014 | $2.029 | $5.173 | Jan 6-Mar 30 |
| 2013 | $1.898 | n/a | Jan 7-Mar 31 |
| 2012 | $2.253 | n/a | Jan 2-Mar 25 |
| 2011 | $1.782 | n/a | Jan 3-Mar 27 |
The past six weeks in North America are down -5% from the same period last year (worse than the -1% pace last week) and now down -8% from the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.999 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2015 | $0.915 | since Feb 16 |
| 2014 | $0.966 | since Feb 17 |
| 2013 | $0.956 | since Feb 18 |
| 2012 | $1.153 | since Feb 13 |
| 2011 | $0.922 | since Feb 14 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.
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