That figure is factored from Comscore and Deadline calculations.
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U.S. Before the first weekend in May, the domestic box office was lagging 20% behind 2023s running cume.
As of December 31, the 2024 U.S.-Canada box office was only 3% behind 2023.
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Thats how much ground we made up, and that speaks volumes about moviegoing.
The number of movies grossing north of $100M dipped from 24 to 22 last year.
The domestic marketplace remains a landscape of haves and have-nots.
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Gross includes monies from 20th Century Studios and Searchlight labels.
Case in point: five films that grossed north of $100M in 2024.
Genre wasnt big for Uni withNight Swim, Abigailand the ultraviolent action movieMonkey Man.
The masses, however, thumbed those down.
Sony major counts 28 titles.
Also at a near half billion in global box,Venom: The Last Dance,was profitable.
The question becomes, who co-finances the former co-financiers movies?
Meaning who takes over for Skydance on such big titles asMission: Impossible, Star Trekand futureTop Guns?
1 or leg out to cumes north of $50M stateside.
The average opening for a Lionsgate wide release in 2024 was $6.8M.
The numbers speak for themselves.
That title only made $15.4M domestic and under $40M worldwide.
Execs should evaluate whether their marketing machine is truly yielding the proper box office results.
Theres potential in 2025s lineup includingBallerina,Michael Jackson biopicMichael,Aziz Ansaris comedyGood Fortuneand Paul FeigsHousemaid.
Absent this year was a $100M-grossing tentpole ala last yearsCreed III.Will there be more tentpoles?
It appears 007 is in a stalemate per a recent WSJ article.
Why the rush to get it up on Prime Video?
Best to drop on Prime Video now than to wait a year.
Are more $200M Dwayne Johnson movies in store?
Probably not a lot.
Talk about original fare working; the politically chargedCivil Warwas it.
the whats-old-is-new tearjerkerWe Live in Timeat $24.6M).
This year sawCivil War, We Live in Time,2023sThe Iron ClawandHereticland in A24s top grossing 13 films of all-time.
Even if A24 grosses arent mega, their movies leave an indelible cult mark.
