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January 28, 2018
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 1.28.2018

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio, including early 2018 dollars for films released later in 2017.

We will start tracking the 2018 studio slates in a few weeks.

Studio YTD 2017 as of 2018 Jan 28

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +7% above last year and still +15% above the average for this point the past four years ($761 million).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $2.3 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +14% above the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage and +27% above 2016).

A reminder: we define the start of each year as the first Monday in January, 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.)  The numbers in this chart contain box office grosses from each year’s films as well as grosses from prior year films that carried over into that year.

Box Office YEAR TO DATE
(billions) Weeks 1-4
North America Worldwide
2018 $0.873 $2.364 Jan 1-Jan 28
2017 $0.817 $2.066 Jan 2-Jan 29
2016 $0.770 $1.857 Jan 4-Jan 31
2015 $0.766 $2.001 Jan 5-Feb 1
2014 $0.691 $1.781 Jan 6-Feb 2

 

The past six weeks in North America are now up +4% from the same period last year and now up +8% from the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.522 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)
2018 $1.646 since Dec 18
2017 $1.584 since Dec 19
2016 $1.691 since Dec 14
2015 $1.441 since Dec 15
2014 $1.375 since Dec 16

 

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film rankings. The numbers in this section are only from films released wide this year (and not box office for films released late last year that carried into this year).

We will start tracking 2018 in releases in a few weeks.

International 2017 through 2018 Jan 28

International 2017 through 2018 Jan 28 part 2

PREVIOUS WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARDS

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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.