Beijing News (Reporter Teng Chao) On April 1, local time, according to foreign media reports, under the influence of the new coronavirus crisis, North America ’s box office revenue in the first quarter of 2020 dropped by 25% compared with the same period last year. $ 600 million.
In fact, this year's North American box office performance was very dazzling at first, with January's revenue reaching $ 912 million, of which Sony's hit movie "Jedi: Fast Track" had $ 135 million in monthly box office revenue, the highest monthly box office revenue in 2019. It increased by 12% in January. The box office of $ 644.8 million in February also increased compared to the same period last year. Paramount's "Sonic the Hedgehog" performed the best, and the monthly box office revenue in North America was $ 123 million. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, since March 20, almost all theaters in North America have been closed except for a few independent theaters and car theaters. On March 20, Comscore, a well-known Internet statistics company in the United States, stopped reporting on cinema box office. From January 1 to March 19, North American box office revenue totaled $ 1.81 billion. According to Comscore data, box office revenue in North America in the first three months of 2019 was $ 2.41 billion.
"Jedi: Fast Track" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" were North American monthly box office champions in January and February this year, respectively.
Although earlier this week, Adam Allen, CEO of AMC Cinemas, suggested that the local theater line be reopened in mid-June, no one can determine when the theaters will reopen, and no one can determine that once the theaters reopen, the need How long will it take to really restore past attendance. Hollywood Studios has postponed the release of many films until June to July this year, and more changes are expected. These backlogs may affect the schedule for the second half of 2020 and next year.
It is reported that Hollywood studios and troubled theater owners have already faced global losses of $ 7 billion. If theaters do not reopen before the end of May, that number could rise to $ 15 billion to $ 17 billion.