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 still -6% below last year’s comparable span and still -1% below this point the past four years ($7.077 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $18.8 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office for those films. That’s still basically even with the comparable worldwide box office last year and now -1% 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 1-33 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2019 | $7.015 | $18.750 | Jan 7-Aug 25 |
| 2018 | $7.425 | $18.711 | Jan 8-Aug 26 |
| 2017 | $6.959 | $18.882 | Jan 2-Aug 20 |
| 2016 | $7.093 | $17.797 | Jan 4-Aug 21 |
| 2015 | $6.831 | $17.730 | Jan 5-Aug 23 |
The past six weeks in North America is now +6% above the same period last year (one point better than last week) and now basically even with the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.349 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2019 | $1.347 | since Jul 15 |
| 2018 | $1.266 | since Jul 16 |
| 2017 | $1.281 | since Jul 10 |
| 2016 | $1.558 | since Jul 11 |
| 2015 | $1.290 | since Jul 13 |
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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