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December 26, 2013
 

Holiday Box Office Volume — through Christmas Day

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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Through ten days of the Holiday Season (December 16-25), the top 10 films in North America each day have totaled $316 million, up 19% jump from last year ($265 million) and up 10% from the multi-year average since 2002 ($287 million).

The $67.3 million for the top 10 films Christmas Day was quite strong: above the $54.9 million average for December 25 since 2002 and the third-highest December 25 since 2002 (behind only $82.6 million on 12.25.2009 and $68.1 million on 12.25.2012).

Box Office Volume — Top 10 Films North America
($ millions) Past 11 years — 2002-2012
# days 2013 2012 Average Peak Year
Dec 16-22 7 193 146 180 223 (2003)
Dec 16-23 8 226 178 213 247 (2003)
Dec 16-24 9 249 196 233 266 (2009)
Dec 16-25 10 316 265 287 349 (2009)
Dec 16-26 11 316 345 445 (2009)
Dec 16-27 12 362 394 521 (2009)
Dec 16-28 13 414 440 579 (2009)
Dec 16-29 14 471 484 637 (2009)
Dec 16-30 15 517 527 693 (2009)
Dec 16-31 16 553 563 742 (2009)
Dec 16-Jan 1 17 600 612 820 (2009)
Dec 16-Jan 2 18 623 649 901 (2009)
Dec 16-Jan 3 19 642 674 947 (2009)

The top films for Wednesday are listed below.  We will have our normal Friday Box Office Report with updated final domestic projections on Saturday morning.  In the meantime, it looks like Wolf of Wall Street and Secret Life of Walter Mitty are opening about as we forecast, while Grudge Match is badly under-performing and 47 Ronin might be doing slightly better than expected.

Wednesday 12.25.2013 Top 10 Films in North America

1. $9.32 million The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

2. $9.15 million The Wolf of Wall Street

3. $8.10 million Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

4. $7.82 million The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

5. $7.40 million American Hustle

6. $7.00 million 47 Ronin

7. $6.34 million Frozen 3D

8. $5.13 million Saving Mr. Banks

9. $3.96 million Grudge Match

10. $3.05 million Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas

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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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