Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just over $2.7 billion, down 12% from 2012 and down 6% from the prior four-year average 2009-2012. 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 robust $241 million in wide-release North American box office, thanks almost exclusively to Iron Man 3‘s opening.
| North American Box Office YEAR TO DATE | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-17 | |
| 2012 | $3.076 | Jan 2-Apr 29 |
| 2010 | $2.995 | Jan 4-May 2 |
| 2009 | $2.910 | Jan 5-May 3 |
| 2013 | $2.718 | Jan 7-May 5 |
| 2011 | $2.588 | Jan 3-May 1 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 has picked up the pace (now 4% ahead of the 2009-2012 average for the comparable period). Compared to 2012, the past six weeks are still 3% behind last year’s brisk pace (although that’s an improvement over the 10-15% deficits versus 2012 that we’ve seen the past few months).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (millions) | Weeks 12-17 | |
| 2012 | $1,061 | Mar 19-Apr 29 |
| 2013 | $1,026 | Mar 25-May 5 |
| 2009 | $993 | Mar 23-May 3 |
| 2011 | $954 | Mar 21-May 1 |
| 2010 | $949 | Mar 22-May 2 |
And beginning this week, we will track the year to date performance of each major and mini-major studio. The list below is ranked by worldwide box office for films released since January 1 of this year. Disney is off to a rousing start thanks to Iron Man 3 and Oz, while Fox is a legitimate #2 (particularly because of the strong overseas appeal of its slate). Universal has the second-highest domestic total for 2013 so far, but the studio is ranked fourth in terms of worldwide gross (thanks to a really poor overseas performance). Although Sony has out-grossed Summit domestically so far this year, Summit has more than made up the difference overseas.
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2013 Worldwide Box Office by Studio For films released since Jan 1 ($ millions through May 5) |
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| Studio | Domestic | Overseas | Worldwide |
| Disney | $607 | $761 | $1,368 |
| Fox | $264 | $584 | $848 |
| Paramount | $228 | $405 | $633 |
| Universal | $345 | $261 | $607 |
| Warner Brothers | $255 | $228 | $483 |
| Summit | $128 | $204 | $332 |
| Sony | $202 | $32 | $234 |
| FilmDistrict | $129 | $35 | $164 |
| Lionsgate | $118 | $25 | $143 |
| Weinstein | $101 | $35 | $136 |
| Relativity | $105 | $21 | $126 |
| Open Road | $99 | $21 | $120 |
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