Summer box office avoids disaster

Revenue for the 2024 summer box office hit $12.5 billion – down almost 42% from last summer when Barbie and Oppenheimer fuelled a $21.5bn movie season


Above (left to right) Deadpool & Wolverine, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Despicable Me 4, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and Inside Out 2


Domestic (US$ billions) 	International

41.2	42.3	11.7	20.0 	26.1	21.5	12.5
29.3	30.9	9.6	15.5	18.5	13.0	8.8
11.9	11.4	2.1	4.5	7.6	8.5	3.7

2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
   

2020: Coronavirus pandemic forces movie theatres to shut down 

2024: Down 41.9% on 2023


Source: The Hollywood Reporter 
Pictures: Marvel Studios, New Line Cinema, Tim Burton Productions, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Studios
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