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.
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.
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