Movie box office statistics measure theatrical ticket revenue, release supply, title performance, studio distribution, and cinema admissions. The figures below cover worldwide and United States-and-Canada markets, mainly from 2019–2024, with nominal gross unless otherwise stated.
Key Movie Box Office Statistics
The most useful headline figures are:
- Worldwide theatrical gross reached $24,851,914,546 in 2024 across the global movie market.
- Worldwide theatrical gross was $28,235,964,576 in 2023 across the global movie market.
- Worldwide theatrical gross was $39,104,973,067 in 2019 before the pandemic-era disruption.
- Worldwide theatrical gross fell to $8,614,061,360 in 2020 during widespread theater disruption.
- Worldwide theatrical gross reached $19,535,547,430 in 2021 across the global theatrical market.
- Worldwide theatrical gross reached $23,265,617,865 in 2022 across the global theatrical market.
- There were 3,410 worldwide releases in 2024, measured as annual release titles.
- The worldwide average gross per release was $7,287,951 in 2024, using the annual database measure.
- Domestic gross was $8,613,619,292 in 2024 in the United States and Canada.
- Domestic gross was $8,809,826,454 in 2023 in the United States and Canada.
- Domestic releases numbered 577 in 2024 in the United States-and-Canada market.
- The domestic average gross per release was $14,928,283 in 2024 in the United States and Canada.
- Inside Out 2 grossed $1,698,863,816 worldwide in 2024, including domestic and foreign theatrical components.
- Deadpool & Wolverine grossed $1,338,073,645 worldwide in 2024, including domestic and foreign theatrical components.
- Disney reported $5.46 billion in worldwide studio box office in 2024, according to the company.
- Cinemark reported 122.9 million patrons in 2024, representing one theater circuit rather than the entire market.
Contents
- Global movie box office scale and annual trends
- Worldwide releases and average grosses
- Domestic movie box office recovery
- 2024 movie box office leaders and market mix
- Studio and distributor box office performance
- Cinema attendance and operating outcomes
Global Movie Box Office Statistics and Annual Market Scale
Worldwide box office gross is the annual nominal ticket-revenue total for the global theatrical market. It is not inflation-adjusted attendance, studio profit, or total film revenue.
| Year | Worldwide gross | Measurement context |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $39,104,973,067 | Pre-pandemic comparison year |
| 2020 | $8,614,061,360 | Widespread theater disruption |
| 2021 | $19,535,547,430 | Global theatrical market |
| 2022 | $23,265,617,865 | Global theatrical market |
| 2023 | $28,235,964,576 | Global theatrical market |
| 2024 | $24,851,914,546 | Global theatrical market |
Source: Worldwide Yearly Box Office. These are nominal annual grosses, so they should not be read as inflation-adjusted comparisons or attendance totals.
The 2024 worldwide total was lower than the 2023 total in the same database series, while the 2019 figure remains a separate pre-pandemic benchmark. The 2020 figure is explicitly a disruption-period observation, and the post-2020 values describe gross recovery rather than a complete attendance recovery.
The series also includes 2016 gross of $36,281,885,095 and 2018 gross of $38,376,382,165. Those observations show the scale of the worldwide theatrical market before the 2019 comparison year, but the figures remain nominal.
Worldwide Movie Box Office Releases and Average Gross Trends
Release counts describe titles listed in the annual database table, not unique films across every territory and not audience size. Average gross per release is a site-reported average that can be heavily skewed by a small number of blockbuster titles.
| Year | Worldwide releases | Average gross per release |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,427 | $15,110,281 |
| 2019 | 3,486 | $11,217,720 |
| 2020 | 2,003 | $4,300,579 |
| 2023 | 3,198 | $8,829,257 |
| 2024 | 3,410 | $7,287,951 |
Source: Worldwide Yearly Box Office. The release counts and averages are database-report measures, not admissions or household participation rates.
The 2024 table recorded more worldwide releases than 2023, but a lower reported average gross per release. The contrast illustrates why annual gross, release supply, and average title performance should be considered together rather than treated as interchangeable measures.
Domestic Movie Box Office Statistics and North American Recovery
For the domestic series, BoxOfficeMojo defines the market as the United States and Canada. The data below uses nominal gross and annual release measures.
| Year | Domestic gross | Releases | Average gross per release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $4,867,385,338 | 413 | $11,785,436 |
| 2022 | $7,528,452,874 | 460 | $16,366,201 |
| 2023 | $8,809,826,454 | 507 | $17,376,383 |
| 2024 | $8,613,619,292 | 577 | $14,928,283 |
Source: Domestic Yearly Box Office. Domestic means the United States-and-Canada market in this report, not every English-language market.
Domestic gross increased from the 2021 disruption-period total through 2023, then the 2024 total was lower than 2023 even as the release count rose from 507 to 577. The reported average gross per release also declined from $17,376,383 in 2023 to $14,928,283 in 2024, so the annual total and the typical listed-release measure moved differently.
These figures are theatrical ticket revenue. They do not measure admissions, inflation-adjusted purchasing power, studio profit, or home-entertainment revenue.
2024 Movie Box Office Leaders and Worldwide Market Mix
The 2024 worldwide title table reports cumulative nominal theatrical grosses and separates domestic from the report’s “foreign” component. “Foreign” is the supplied label for the non-domestic component; it is not a country count or an admissions measure.
| Title | Worldwide gross | Domestic | Foreign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside Out 2 | $1,698,863,816 | $652,980,194 | $1,045,883,622 |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | $1,338,073,645 | $636,745,858 | $701,327,787 |
| Moana 2 | $1,059,242,164 | $460,405,297 | $598,836,867 |
| Despicable Me 4 | $972,021,410 | $361,004,205 | $611,017,205 |
| Wicked | $763,963,597 | $474,983,975 | $288,979,622 |
| Mufasa: The Lion King | $722,631,756 | $254,567,693 | $468,064,063 |
| Dune: Part Two | $714,844,358 | $282,144,358 | $432,700,000 |
| Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire | $572,050,016 | $196,350,016 | $375,700,000 |
| Kung Fu Panda 4 | $547,946,428 | $193,590,620 | $354,355,808 |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $492,162,604 | $236,115,100 | $256,047,504 |
Source: 2024 Worldwide Box Office. The table reports nominal cumulative theatrical gross and uses the source’s domestic/foreign terminology.
Inside Out 2 was the largest listed 2024 worldwide title at $1,698,863,816, with the foreign component larger than the domestic component. Wicked shows a different mix, with $474,983,975 domestic against $288,979,622 foreign, while Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was closer between its $236,115,100 domestic and $256,047,504 foreign totals.
Studio and Distributor Movie Box Office Performance
Company-reported studio figures are useful for understanding distributor scale, but they should not be treated as identical to the BoxOfficeMojo annual or title-table measures. Disney noted that its announcement was made while some titles were still in active release, and its reporting cutoffs may differ from database totals.
Disney reported $5.46 billion in 2024 worldwide studio box office, including $2.23 billion domestically and $3.23 billion internationally. The company also said it delivered three of the top four global movies of 2024 at the time of its announcement and that two of its 2024 global titles had passed $1 billion.
Source: The Walt Disney Studios Tops 2024 Global Box Office.
Disney also reported these 2024 global title grosses:
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: $398 million globally, according to Disney.
- Alien: Romulus: $351 million globally, according to Disney.
- The First Omen: $54 million globally, according to Disney.
- Kinds of Kindness: $16.4 million globally, according to Disney, for a limited-release film.
- A Real Pain: $9.3 million globally, according to Disney.
For the United Kingdom and Ireland, Disney reported £221.7 million at the 2024 box office. Its UK title figures included £59.2 million for Inside Out 2, £57.6 million for Deadpool & Wolverine, £36.4 million for Moana 2 before the end of 2024, £15.7 million for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and £13.4 million for Alien: Romulus.
Source: Disney Reigns at the UK & Ireland and Global Box Office as the Number 1 Distributor in 2024. The Moana 2 UK figure was a partial-period figure because the title was still on release.
Cinema Attendance and Operating Outcomes in Movie Box Office Statistics
Admissions provide a different perspective from ticket revenue. Cinemark’s figures cover one exhibitor and should not be generalized to all North American theaters or the worldwide market.
| Cinemark measure | 2024 | 2023 | Reported change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total circuit patrons | 122.9 million | 127.7 million | -3.8% |
| Comparable reportable segment | 78.2 million | 82.1 million | -4.8% |
Source: Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 2024 Form 10-K. The segment figures are the reportable comparison-table values, not total circuit attendance.
Cinemark reported 122.9 million patrons in 2024 versus 127.7 million in 2023, a 3.8% decline. The filing attributes the change to release mix and a reduced carryover benefit, so it is a company-specific operating outcome rather than an industry-wide attendance estimate.
The comparable segment recorded 78.2 million patrons in 2024 versus 82.1 million in 2023, with a reported attendance change of -4.8%. Keeping the total-circuit and segment measures separate is essential because they represent different scopes within the same exhibitor filing.