Thor: The Dark World has pushed Disney back into first place in the worldwide box office race, pushing Warner Brothers back into second place and Universal into third.
For a complete ranking of 2013 films by worldwide performance click here.
TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 totals almost $8.6 billion, virtually even with last year’s pace and 3% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012 ($8.333 billion). 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 an okay $171 million in wide-release North American box office, 2% below the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($174 million) and 18% below the same week last year ($207 million). (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.)
| North American Box Office YEAR TO DATE | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 1-45 | |
| 2013 | $8.589 | Jan 7-Nov 17 |
| 2012 | $8.574 | Jan 2-Nov 11 |
| 2011 | $8.096 | Jan 3-Nov 13 |
| 2010 | $8.340 | Jan 4-Nov 14 |
| 2009 | $8.321 | Jan 5-Nov 15 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now 5% below the same six weeks in 2012 and 5% above the four-year average in the same time frame ($0.881 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 40-45 | |
| 2013 | $0.928 | Oct 7-Nov 17 |
| 2012 | $0.977 | Oct 1-Nov 11 |
| 2011 | $0.792 | Oct 3-Nov 13 |
| 2010 | $0.876 | Oct 4-Nov 14 |
| 2009 | $0.881 | Oct 5-Nov 15 |
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