WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio, with Fox continuing to dominate but Disney now in the game with Zootopia. 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.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +6% above last year and now +9% above the average for this point the past four years ($1.546 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $4.0 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now -7% behind the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage but slightly ahead of 2014 by +2%).
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 | ||
| 2016 | $1.678 | $4.031 | Jan 4-Mar 6 |
| 2015 | $1.582 | $4.317 | Jan 5-Mar 8 |
| 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 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +14% from the same period last year (better than recent weeks: -1% pace last week and -4% pace two weeks ago) and now +11% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($0.970 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.074 | since Jan 25 |
| 2015 | $0.944 | since Jan 26 |
| 2014 | $0.942 | since Jan 27 |
| 2013 | $0.862 | since Jan 28 |
| 2012 | $1.132 | since Jan 23 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.
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