STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, very little change from last week.
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just under $8.0 billion, just barely ahead of 2012’s pace and 3% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012 ($7.733 billion). Each year-to-date period below is defined as the first Monday after New Year’s Day through the most recent Sunday. The past week generated a very weak $138 million in wide-release North American box office, 10% below the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($154 million) and fully 17% below the same week last year ($167 million). (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.)
| North American Box Office YEAR TO DATE | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-41 | |
| 2013 | $7.948 | Jan 7-Oct 20 |
| 2012 | $7.927 | Jan 2-Oct 14 |
| 2011 | $7.535 | Jan 3-Oct 16 |
| 2010 | $7.729 | Jan 4-Oct 17 |
| 2009 | $7.740 | Jan 5-Oct 18 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 has slipped 2% below the same six weeks in 2012 and is now virtually even with the four-year average in the same time frame ($0.756 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 36-41 | |
| 2013 | $0.757 | Sep 9-Oct 20 |
| 2012 | $0.770 | Sep 3-Oct 14 |
| 2011 | $0.737 | Sep 5-Oct 16 |
| 2010 | $0.731 | Sep 6-Oct 17 |
| 2009 | $0.786 | Sep 7-Oct 18 |
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