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Comscore Announces Global Box Office Totals For 2020
2020 global box office hits impressive $12.2 billion despite profound impact of COVD-19 pandemic on movie industry RESTON, Va., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
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[{"type":"text","content":"2020 global box office hits impressive $12.2 billion despite profound impact of COVD-19 pandemic on movie industry\n\n\nRESTON, Va., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- New information from Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a trusted partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, shows how a combination of a well-managed pandemic response coupled with strong local product has led to a strong theatrical recovery in many countries around the globe. Though as expected the results were much lower than in a traditional year, the $12.2 billion global revenue in theaters demonstrates that with careful planning, adherence to local health regulations and must-see content, studios and exhibitors found a path to success even as the world continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.\nThe $2.25B performance of the North American box office showed that even amid a pandemically-challenged marketplace, several new movies found enthusiastic audiences both at the drive-in and in the limited number of brick-and-mortar theaters that were open despite an almost unlimited availability of filmed content at home on the small screen. Films as varied as \"Wonder Woman 1984,\" \"The Croods: A New Age,\" \"Unhinged\" and \"The Wretched\" drew movie fans to the big screen in 2020.\nChina has seen the strongest box-office recovery post lockdown. Initially closing in January 2020, the Chinese market remained closed for a full six months (despite a brief, and quickly abandoned, flirt with re-opening in late March). The whole-market return approach seems to have sold the message better to cinema goers, rebuilding a broader consumer confidence more quickly with local titles like \"The Eight Hundred\" and \"My People, My Homeland\" powering this rebound, both impressively earning over $400M. \nComscore - Global Box Office Data\nYear\nNorth America\n% Of Global\nInternational\n% Of Global\nChina\nChina % OfInternational\nChina % OfGlobal\nGlobal Total\n2020\n$2,250,000,000\n18.4%\n$9,950,000,000\n81.6%\n$3,100,000,000\n31.2%\n25.4%\n$12,200,000,000\n2019\n$11,400,000,000\n26.8%\n$31,100,000,000\n73.2%\n$9,200,000,000\n29.6%\n21.6%\n$42,500,000,000\n2018\n$11,900,000,000\n28.5%\n$29,900,000,000\n71.5%\n$8,790,000,000\n29.4%\n21.0%\n$41,800,000,000\n2017\n$11,100,000,000\n27.1%\n$29,800,000,000\n72.9%\n$8,330,000,000\n28.0%\n20.4%\n$40,900,000,000\n2016\...