WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. We will continue tracking 2015 for several more weeks as the holiday films finish their runs. We will begin tracking the 2016 slates next week.
YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date after three full weeks is now -5% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($0.576 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $1.3 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s -19% behind 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) | Weeks 1-3 | ||
| North America | Worldwide | ||
| 2016 | $0.609 | $1.300 | Jan 4-Jan 24 |
| 2015 | $0.638 | $1.614 | Jan 5-Jan 25 |
| 2014 | $0.584 | $1.445 | Jan 6-Jan 26 |
| 2013 | $0.519 | n/a | Jan 7-Jan 27 |
| 2012 | $0.564 | n/a | Jan 2-Jan 22 |
The past six weeks in North America are now up +24% from the same period last year (still very strong but starting to cool from the recent torrid pace: +31% pace last week and +38% pace two weeks ago) and still +33% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.396 billion).
| North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | ||
| 2016 | $1.859 | since Dec 14 |
| 2015 | $1.500 | since Dec 15 |
| 2014 | $1.464 | since Dec 16 |
| 2013 | $1.351 | since Dec 17 |
| 2012 | $1.268 | since Dec 12 |
WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE. Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film. We will start the 2016 ranking next week.
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