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May 17, 2015
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.17.2015

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.

 

Studio YTD 2015 as of 2015 May 17

 

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +5% above last year and +7% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.249 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $9.8 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 1-19
North America Worldwide
2015 $3.463 $9.829 Jan 5-May 17
2014 $3.300 $8.872 Jan 6-May 18
2013 $3.125 n/a Jan 7-May 19
2012 $3.598 n/a Jan 2-May 13
2011 $2.972 n/a Jan 3-May 15

The past six weeks in North America are up +4% from the same period last year  (below the +9% pace last week and the +7% pace two weeks ago) and now just +3% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.075 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2015 $1.113 since Apr 6
2014 $1.072 since Apr 7
2013 $1.037 since Apr 8
2012 $1.150 since Apr 2
2011 $1.042 since Apr 4

 

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

 

International 2015 through 2015 May 17

 

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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.