International Box Office 2023: Turnstiles Danced With Growth In Key Markets While The Floor For Big Titles Dropped & China Shrugged; Global Studio Rankings
deadline.comGlobally, including most everywhere overseas, 2023 box office was led by a mix of Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Oppenheimer, curious bedfellows who nevertheless proved that cultural phenomena can come in different forms and set turnstiles spinning.
Both the global and international box office saw improvement in 2023 versus 2022 with an estimated $33.9 billion gross worldwide, including $17.1B from overseas markets (excluding China, which we’ll get to below).
The good news is that this helped reduce the lag versus the average of the three pre-pandemic years to -15% for both datasets, and there was significant growth in some key offshore markets.
Conversely, we’re looking at a 2024 that’s expected to slide owing to work stoppages amid the dual strikes which sent several studio titles onto the 2025 calendar (note that for overseas local titles, it is difficult to predict as many markets set release dates late).
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