The Big Screen Bites Back! June Ends H1 2022 on High with Domestic, International Box Office Touching Pre-Pandemic Performance
Box office for the International market (excluding China) ended June only marginally below pre-pandemic levels.
Box office for the International market (excluding China) ended June only marginally below pre-pandemic levels.
May delivered the second best Domestic and International box office results of the pandemic-era, though China continued to fall behind.
April delivered $1.8 billion in Global box office as a diverse slate of popular titles drove audience return worldwide.
March 2022 achieves best March of the pandemic with $1.8 billion. The total global box office for Q1 2022 is estimated at $6.6 billion.
Against the odds February recorded an impressive global box office of $2.88 billion – approximately 27% ahead of February 2021.
Despite a lack of new releases, global cinemas accounted for a remarkable box office of $1.9 billion in January, up +94% year-on-year.
How has the recovery developed in 2021 in individual markets? Are there differences in the level, sustainability and timing of progress?
Two years on from the first global market closing cinemas due to the COVID-19 outbreak, how well has global business recovered?
Both the Domestic and International (excluding China) markets that recorded their biggest box office results since before the pandemic began in December.