WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. We will continue tracking 2015 for several more weeks as the holiday films finish their runs. We will begin tracking 2016 in a few weeks.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, after one week 2016 to date begins +31% above last year and +13% above the average for this point the past four years ($0.192 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost just under half a billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now a small +1% ahead of the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage).
A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday after New Year’s Day, and our year ends on the Sunday after New Year’s Day the following calendar year. (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.)
| Box Office YEAR TO DATE | |||
| (billions) | Week 1 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $0.216 | $0.497 | Jan 4-Jan 10 |
| 2015 | $0.164 | $0.491 | Jan 5-Jan 11 |
| 2014 | $0.193 | $0.485 | Jan 6-Jan 12 |
| 2013 | $0.185 | n/a | Jan 7-Jan 13 |
| 2012 | $0.224 | n/a | Jan 2-Jan 8 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +38% from the same period last year (continuing a very positive turnaround from the last few weeks: +33% pace last week and +25% pace two weeks ago) and now +36% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.247 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.694 | since Nov 30 |
| 2015 | $1.224 | since Dec 1 |
| 2014 | $1.371 | since Dec 2 |
| 2013 | $1.272 | since Dec 3 |
| 2012 | $1.121 | since Nov 28 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film. We will start the 2016 ranking in a few more weeks.
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