WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Guardians of the Galaxy has pushed Disney ahead of Warner Brothers in the 2014 to date totals for worldwide box office. And there is much more upside to come for Guardians, which will push Disney toward $2.7 billion in the next few weeks. Sony remains on top with almost $3.2 billion worldwide for the year to date. Get On Up will have no material impact on the outlook for Universal, which remains mired in sixth place with under $1.2 billion worldwide for 2014.
Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014. Note: Both charts have been updated with overseas grosses for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is still running -8% behind last year and now -5% below the average for this point the past four years ($6.136 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $14.9 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office.
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 1-30 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2014 | $5.819 | $15.019 | Jan 6-Aug 3 |
| 2013 | $6.293 | n/a | Jan 7-Aug 4 |
| 2012 | $6.299 | n/a | Jan 2-Jul 29 |
| 2011 | $5.849 | n/a | Jan 3-Jul 31 |
| 2010 | $6.105 | n/a | Jan 4-Aug 1 |
The past six weeks in North America are now -24% behind the same period last year (a little better than the -29% last week actually) and -21% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.721 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2014 | $1.352 | since Jun 23 |
| 2013 | $1.783 | since Jun 24 |
| 2012 | $1.691 | since Jun 18 |
| 2011 | $1.715 | since Jun 20 |
| 2010 | $1.694 | since Jun 21 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. With mostly our domestic total and a lot of upside to come in the overseas tally, Guardians of the Galaxy enters the chart at #13 worldwide, but it will zoom into the top 5 very quickly over the next several weeks. Get On Up: The James Brown Story enters the chart at #53, about where it will stay because of very limited overseas potential.
About the Author
