Box-office tracking service comScore has released the results of the year in movie box-office with the industry generating a record $39.92 billion worldwide in 2017, jumping 3% on last year.
The gain came despite a 2.3% slide in US box office to a total of $11.12 billion. International receipts jumped 5% to $28.8 billion and not only covered the shortfall but helped surge the overall tally to a new high.
The improvement was due to a variety of strong performances, notably the Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior 2 which has grossed $870 million along with all the various major U.S. releases like Beauty and the Beast, Despicable Me 3, The Fate of the Furious and Star Wars: The Last Jedi which all took in over a billion each.
Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 each took in more than $800 million on a worldwide basis.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 31, are below.
1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Disney – $120.4M
2. Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle – Sony – $117.6M
3. Greatest Showman, The – 20th Century Fox – $43.8M
4. Ex-File 3 (Qian Ren 3) – Multiple – $41.2M
5. Goldbuster (Yao Ling Ling) – Multiple – $38.4M
6. Ferdinand – 20th Century Fox – $34.8M
7. Pitch Perfect 3 – Universal – $30.9M
8. Youth – Multiple – $28.2M
9. Coco – Disney – $28.0M
10. Hanson And The Beast – Multiple Chinese Distributors – $25.5M
11. Namiya – Multiple – $21.4M
12. Along With The Gods: The Two Worlds – Lotte Entertainment – $20.1M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 31, are below.
1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Disney – $52.4M
2. Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle – Sony – $50.6M
3. Pitch Perfect 3 – Universal – $17.8M
4. Greatest Showman, The – 20th Century Fox – $15.3M
5. Ferdinand – 20th Century Fox – $11.7M
6. Coco – Disney – $6.6M
7. All The Money In The World – Sony – $5.5M
8. Darkest Hour – Focus Features – $5.3M
9. Downsizing – Paramount – $4.6M
10. Father Figures – Warner Bros. – $3.7M
11. Shape Of Water, The – Fox Searchlight – $3.5M
12. Wonder – Lionsgate – $3.2M
