The worldwide box office for 2021 is projected to come in at $20.2B, 52% down on the record-breaking 2019 and 68% above the pandemic-hobbled 2020, says a new report from Gower Street Analytics.
The London-based film tech company, which specializes in predictive box office for the distribution and exhibition sectors, calculated the end-of-year estimate following its assessment that global box office had matched 2020’s total results by the close of last month.
As of August 31, global receipts for 2021 stood at $12B, equaling all of 2020. The 2021 result to that date was 58% ahead of 2020 at the same stage, but 58% behind the average of the last three pre-pandemic years (2017-2019).
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