Worldwide Box Office Hits A New All-Time Record

Disney movies including Beauty and the Beast and Star Wars: The Last Jedi helped push up the worldwide theatrical box office for 2017, as comScore today announced that revenues are up three percent over 2016 and set a new record of $39.92 billion through December 31, 2017, making 2017 the highest-earning year in global movie history.

Powered by record revenues of $28.8 billion internationally and the third consecutive $11 billion-plus year at the North American box office, this record-breaking year was comprised of an assortment of exciting films from all genres and from every studio, driving enthusiastic patrons to more than 125,000 screens in more than 25,000 theaters across the globe. Top films included Disney’s “Beauty and The Beast” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Universal’s “The Fate of The Furious,” Sony’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” the China-based title “Wolf Warrior 2,” Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman” and Fox’s “Logan.”

“Going to the movies is truly a worldwide phenomenon,” said comScore’s Senior Media Analyst, Paul Dergarabedian. “The ‘big screen’ experience was bolstered by a unique and compelling slate of titles in 2017 that sparked an exceptional level of enthusiasm by patrons who flocked to movie theaters around the globe.”

2017 has seen many huge movies as cinemas and while not every release was a record breaker, with movies like Cars 3 underperforming, overall, a 3% rise does show a general growth.

What was your favourite movie this year?