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July 12, 2015
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.10-12.2015

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Universal had another huge week with the release of Minions and Jurassic World taking over the spot as #1 film of the year worldwide.  Universal now boasts four of the top five films of the year (see individual film ranking chart below).  The other studios are playing a different game this year.

 

Studio YTD 2015 as of 2015 Jul 12

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +7% above last year and now +5% above the average for this point the past four years ($5.287 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $14.5 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +7% 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) Weeks 1-27
North America Worldwide
2015 $5.536 $14.555 Jan 5-Jul 12
2014 $5.153 $13.546 Jan 6-Jul 13
2013 $5.517 n/a Jan 7-Jul 14
2012 $5.510 n/a Jan 2-Jul 8
2011 $4.968 n/a Jan 3-Jul 10

The past six weeks in North America are now up +21% from the same period last year  (much better than the +13% pace last week and well above the +9% pace two weeks ago) and +7% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.550 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2015 $1.665 since June 1
2014 $1.377 since June 2
2013 $1.809 since June 3
2012 $1.518 since May 28
2011 $1.494 since May 30

 

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here are the updated 2015 rankings film by film.

International 2015 through 2015 Jul 12

 

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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.