WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio.
BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is now -10% below last year’s comparable span (3 points better than last week and 8 points better than two weeks ago) and now -3% below the average at this point the past four years ($3.311 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $8.9 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office for those films. That’s -6% below the comparable worldwide box office last year (5 points better than last week and 13 points better than two weeks ago) and now -11% below 2017.
A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday in January (except if that is New Year’s Day), and our year ends on the Sunday after New Year’s Day the following calendar year. The numbers in this chart contain box office grosses from each year’s films as well as grosses from prior year films that carried over into that year.
| Box Office YEAR TO DATE | |||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-17 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2019 | $3.221 | $8.902 | Jan 7-May 5 |
| 2018 | $3.597 | $9.460 | Jan 8-May 6 |
| 2017 | $3.442 | $9.990 | Jan 2-Apr 30 |
| 2016 | $3.136 | $8.141 | Jan 4-May 1 |
| 2015 | $3.071 | $8.613 | Jan 5-May 3 |
The past six weeks in North America are now +3% above the same period last year (4 points better than last week and 11 points better than two weeks ago) and now +18% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.197 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2019 | $1.409 | since Mar 25 |
| 2018 | $1.369 | since Mar 26 |
| 2017 | $1.140 | since Mar 20 |
| 2016 | $1.111 | since Mar 21 |
| 2015 | $1.169 | since Mar 23 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film rankings for movies released in over 1,000 North American theaters in the 2019 calendar year.
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