WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now -2% below last year and still +1% above the average for this point the past four years ($4.577 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $12.2 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s -2% below the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage but ahead of 2014 by +1%).
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 1-24 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $4.619 | $12.198 | Jan 4-June 19 |
| 2015 | $4.723 | $12.328 | Jan 5-June 21 |
| 2014 | $4.467 | $11.665 | Jan 6-June 22 |
| 2013 | $4.509 | n/a | Jan 7-June 23 |
| 2012 | $4.608 | n/a | Jan 2-June 17 |
The past six weeks in North America are down a pretty steep -17% from the same period last year (worse than recent weeks: -8% pace last week and -8% pace two weeks ago) and now -14% below the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.419 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.226 | since May 9 |
| 2015 | $1.469 | since May 11 |
| 2014 | $1.373 | since May 12 |
| 2013 | $1.586 | since May 13 |
| 2012 | $1.249 | since May 7 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.
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