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January 4, 2015
 

Holiday Box Office Volume: Final Tally

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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The 2014 holiday box office has pulled slightly ahead 2013 and remains somewhat above the average for the last decade or so.

The top 10 films on Saturday January 3, 2015 totaled a very good $46.8 million, somewhat above the average $42.5 million for the days since 2002 when this date landed on a weekend.  When January 3 last fell on a Saturday, the day’s top 10 films added up to a similar $47.2 million in 2008 and a somewhat lower $44.7 million in 2003.

The 19 days December 16-January 3 total $738 million this year, now +8.7% ahead of the average for this period the last 12 years and now slightly ahead of the same period last year (+0.8%).

Box Office Volume — Top 10 Films North America
($ millions) Past 12 years — 2002-2013
# days 2014 2013 Average Peak Year Low Year
Dec 16-22 7 196 193 181 223 (’03) 112 (’08)
Dec 16-23 8 222 226 214 247 (’03) 128 (’08)
Dec 16-24 9 238 248 234 266 (’09) 138 (’08)
Dec 16-25 10 309 315 290 349 (’09) 205 (’08)
Dec 16-26 11 376 373 347 445 (’09) 268 (’08)
Dec 16-27 12 440 432 397 521 (’09) 329 (’08)
Dec 16-28 13 487 494 444 579 (’09) 375 (’08)
Dec 16-29 14 522 541 488 637 (’09) 408 (’04)
Dec 16-30 15 560 580 531 693 (’09) 442 (’04)
Dec 16-31 16 593 616 568 742 (’09) 475 (’08)
Dec 16-Jan 1 17 640 664 616 820 (’09) 525 (’08)
Dec 16-Jan 2 18 692 690 652 901 (’09) 558 (’04)
Dec 16-Jan 3 19 738 733 679 947 (’09) 571 (’04)

Nothing to brag about but not much to complain about, either.

 

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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.
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