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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 8.7.2016

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WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.

 

Studio YTD 2016 as of 2016 Aug 07

YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +3% above last year and now +4% above the average for this point the past four years ($6.388 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $16.7 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now -1% below the comparable worldwide box office last year at this stage but now ahead of 2014 by +7%).

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 1-31
North America Worldwide
2016 $6.633 $16.721 Jan 4-Aug 7
2015 $6.463 $16.813 Jan 5-Aug 9
2014 $6.076 $15.616 Jan 6-Aug 10
2013 $6.527 n/a Jan 7-Aug 11
2012 $6.485 n/a Jan 2-Aug 5

The past six weeks in North America are now up a very big +17% from the same period last year (better than recent weeks which have been running within a few percentage points up or down) and now +10% above the four-year average for the similar six-week period ($1.550 billion).

North American Box Office PAST SIX WEEKS
(billions)  
2016 $1.704 since June 27
2015 $1.455 since June 29
2014 $1.364 since June 30
2013 $1.719 since July 1
2012 $1.660 since June 25

 

WORLDWIDE GROSSES BY FILM TITLE.  Here are the updated 2016 film rankings.

 

International 2016 through 2016 Aug 07

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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.