The news couldn’t have been worse for the film business as 2014 closed out. North American box office revenue saw the biggest decline in nine years as revenue tumbled 5 percent over 2013 as a slew of tentpoles failed to do monster business.
Fast-forward to June 24, 2015: Domestic box office revenue for 2015 has hit $5.303 billion year-to-date, an all-time high, according to Rentrak. And the year is up 12 percent over 2013.
The boom is due to a eclectic diet of hits, beginning in January with American Sniper, followed by Furious 7, Cinderella, Pitch Perfect 2, and Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey.
