To say that 2024 has not had a good start to the cinema visit is perhaps a bit of an understatement. We’re now a third of the way through the calendar year, and only three films have passed the $500 million milestone.
In fact, only three films have crossed the $200 million milestone. Aside from Dune: Part Two at over $704 million, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at around $520 million and now Kung Fu Panda 4 at $503 million, no other film has generated more money from box office sales than Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and its 188 million dollars.
But that’s right, Kung Fu Panda 4 has now passed the half a billion dollar milestone at the box office, further cementing it as one of the biggest films of the year. With Godzilla x Kong debuting around the same time as Kung Fu Panda 4, it will be a close race as to which film ends up on top when they finish their theatrical runs.
As a reference to how poorly the box office seems to be performing so far this year, only eight films in total have climbed above $100 million, the eighth of which was the very poorly received Madame Web which clocked in just above $100 million. 2023 managed to deliver 50 $100 million grosses in total, which as a general reference point would mean that it averaged just over 16 $100 million films per four months, something 2024 has only managed to deliver half of so far.
Thank you, Box Office Mojo.
