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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.8.2016

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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.

 

Studio YTD 2016 as of 2016 May 08

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +4% above last year and now +7% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.158 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed just over $9.0 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now -3% below the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage but ahead of 2014 by +8%).

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 1-18
North America Worldwide
2016 $3.388 $9.018 Jan 4-May 8
2015 $3.253 $9.251 Jan 5-May 10
2014 $3.094 $8.382 Jan 6-May 11
2013 $2.923 n/a Jan 7-May 12
2012 $3.359 n/a Jan 2-May 6

The past six weeks in North America are now down -8% from the same period last year (a little worse than the pace from recent weeks: -6% pace last week and +6% pace two weeks ago) and now a small -2% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.092 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2016 $1.072 since Mar 28
2015 $1.170 since Mar 30
2014 $1.066 since Mar 31
2013 $1.026 since Apr 1
2012 $1.106 since Mar 26

 

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.

 

International 2016 through 2016 May 08

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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.