No changes in the studio rankings this week, but four studios had $100+ million weeks: Paramount (with the release of Anchorman 2), Disney (the release of Saving Mr. Banks and continued international strength of Frozen), Sony (the release of American Hustle) and Warner Brothers (continued overseas prowess of The Hobbit despite a reduction in the domestic projection for the film). For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually 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 $9.7 billion, now 1% ahead of last year’s pace and 4% above the prior four-year average 2009-2012 ($9.269 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 a very good $187 million in wide-release North American box office, 22% ahead of the 2009-2012 average for the same week ($154 million) and 22% ahead of the same week last year ($153 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 1-50 | |
| 2013 | $9.663 | Jan 7-Dec 22 |
| 2012 | $9.599 | Jan 2-Dec 16 |
| 2011 | $8.928 | Jan 3-Dec 18 |
| 2010 | $9.219 | Jan 4-Dec 19 |
| 2009 | $9.328 | Jan 5-Dec 20 |
Over the past six weeks, 2013 is now 1% above the same six weeks in 2012 and 12% above the four-year average in the same time frame ($1.110 billion).
| North American Box Office LAST SIX WEEKS | ||
| (billions) | Weeks 46-50 | |
| 2013 | $1.245 | Nov 11-Dec 22 |
| 2012 | $1.231 | Nov 5-Dec 16 |
| 2011 | $0.992 | Nov 7-Dec 18 |
| 2010 | $1.039 | Nov 8-Dec 19 |
| 2009 | $1.177 | Nov 9-Dec 20 |
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