October Disappoints With Modest $2.2 Billion Global Box Office But Domestic Shows Swift-er Business
Global box office achieved $2.23 billion in October.
Global box office achieved $2.23 billion in October.
The total global box office for 2023 has already overtaken the full-year result of each of the three prior years after just nine months.
Gower Street Analytics has increased its 2023 Global box office projection to $34.5 billion.
August was the second month in a row with a monthly global box office on or above pre-pandemic levels (+1%).
Gower Street's Chief Analyst Thomas Beranek and Director of Theatrical Insights Rob Mitchell spoke to Germany's CINEMA magazine about the potential impact of the Hollywood strikes on box office.
Cinemas were in the pink in July as Global box office hit $4.54 billion, delivering the single highest grossing month since before the pandemic.
The third episode of Gower Street's new podcast Box Office & Beyond takes a look at the upcoming Barbenheimer weekend.
The second episode of Gower Street's new podcast Box Office & Beyond dropped this week.
In June the global box office generated $2.9 billion, outperforming the remarkable levels of the two prior months (May +6%, April +3%). That helped Q2 2023 to reach $8.6 billion, the best quarterly result since 2019.