North American Box Office Hits Record $11.4 Billion

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Journalists, pundits, and politicians should keep this article handy when
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North American Box Office Hits Record $11.4 Billion



Brent Lang

Senior Film and Media Editor @BrentALang

January 1, 2017 | 02:04PM PT



http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-record-finding-dory-1201950948/



The North American box office closed out the year with $11.4 billion in
ticket sales, ComScore said Sunday. That marks a new record for the
industry, bypassing the previous high-water mark of $11.1 billion that was
established in 2015.



ComScore, a data measurement company, did not calculate admissions, but
studio executives and analysts believe that attendance will be essentially
flat. Nor does it account for inflation. The record was achieved, in part,
thanks to more expensive tickets. Ticket prices hit new highs earlier in
2016, though an average full-year price for tickets have yet to be
calculated.



Still it was a record that few thought the industry would set. This year
was faulted for lacking major franchises such as James Bond and the Fast
and the Furious series.



It was a particularly strong year for Disney, which controlled more than a
quarter of the domestic market share despite releasing fewer films than any
of the major studios. It made the most of what it had. Disney launched four
of the top five highest-grossing films, including “Finding Dory,” the years
top film with $486.3 million. When holdovers are taken into account, Disney
had six of the year’s ten highest-grossing releases, a group that includes
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which debuted in 2015.



Other top films include “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” ($408.2 million),
“Captain America: Civil War” ($408.1 million),”The Secret Life of Pets”
($368.4 million), and “The Jungle Book” ($364 million).



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