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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.5.2015

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Universal is the big gainer again this week, primarily because of continued overseas strength for Jurassic World.  Paramount had the second best week, thanks to Terminator: Genisys.  In contrast, Magic Mike XXL made a small contribution to its studio totals, giving Warner Brothers about the same modest week that Disney had with late overseas returns for Inside Out and Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Studio YTD 2015 as of 2015 Jul 05

 

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and now +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($4.998 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $13.7 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +7% 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 1-26
North America Worldwide
2015 $5.257 $13.758 Jan 5-Jul 5
2014 $4.940 $12.895 Jan 6-Jul 6
2013 $5.221 n/a Jan 7-Jul 7
2012 $5.129 n/a Jan 2-Jul 1
2011 $4.704 n/a Jan 3-Jul 3

The past six weeks in North America are now up +13% from the same period last year  (better than the +9% pace last week and  above the +6% pace two weeks ago) and +5% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.516 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2015 $1.591 since May 25
2014 $1.411 since May 26
2013 $1.782 since May 27
2012 $1.343 since May 21
2011 $1.530 since May 23

 

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

 

International 2015 through 2015 Jul 05

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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.