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BOX OFFICE<br />
REPORT<br />
THE GLOBAL<br />
TOP 25<br />
BoxOffice takes a look at the<br />
25 biggest films of 2013.<br />
By Daniel Loria<br />
1 IRON MAN 3<br />
Disney<br />
Budget: $275M<br />
Global: $1.214B<br />
Overseas: $805.7M<br />
Domestic: $409M<br />
The biggest blockbuster of the year was<br />
the only film of 2013 to cross the $1 billion<br />
mark. The third installment in the Iron Man<br />
franchise posted a considerable improvement<br />
over its predecessors, Iron Man<br />
($585 million worldwide) and Iron Man 2<br />
($622 million worldwide). The box office<br />
bump follows the massive success of<br />
Marvel’s The Avengers, the 2012 juggernaut<br />
that collected $1.514 billion from the<br />
global box office. Iron Man 3 soared above<br />
the competition with a $121.2 million tally<br />
from China, its most important overseas<br />
market. There seems to be no stopping<br />
Robert Downey Jr. & Co. with these superhero<br />
movies, especially considering that<br />
the $409.1 million the film collected from<br />
North America only represents a third of<br />
its global total.<br />
Top Five Overseas Territories:<br />
China<br />
South Korea<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Mexico<br />
Brazil<br />
2 DESPICABLE ME 2<br />
Universal<br />
Budget: $140M<br />
Global: $918.3M<br />
Overseas: $551.3M<br />
Domestic: $366.9M<br />
$121.2M<br />
$64.0M<br />
$57.0M<br />
$48.5M<br />
$48.3M<br />
The Minions took over the world in 2013.<br />
The animated sequel became the most<br />
profitable film of all time for Universal<br />
and its second-highest release in history<br />
behind Jurassic Park’s $960 million. The<br />
film nearly doubled the $543 million global<br />
total of the original and is set to surpass<br />
Shrek 2 to become the fourth-biggest<br />
animated film of all time. Universal might<br />
have expected a hit ahead of the film’s release,<br />
but no one imagined that the fledgling<br />
franchise would easily defeat competing<br />
films with built-in pre-awareness or<br />
loftier box office credentials. Despicable<br />
Me 2 will have a shot at the $1 billion mark<br />
with a <strong>January</strong> release in China.<br />
Top Five Overseas Territories:<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Mexico<br />
Germany<br />
France<br />
Brazil<br />
3 FAST & FURIOUS 6<br />
Universal<br />
Budget: $220M<br />
Global: $788M<br />
Overseas: $549.3M<br />
Domestic: $238.6M<br />
$72.1M<br />
$47.7M<br />
$38.2M<br />
$36.4M<br />
$35.6M<br />
Fast 6 sped out of the gate by becoming<br />
Universal’s biggest U.S., overseas, and<br />
global opener of all time. The film hardly<br />
slowed down from its hot start and went<br />
on to hit $788 million worldwide, a franchise<br />
record. Fast 6 is one of only three<br />
films to have crossed the $500 million<br />
mark overseas in 2013.<br />
Top Five Overseas Territories:<br />
China<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Mexico<br />
Russia<br />
Germany<br />
4 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY<br />
Disney<br />
Budget: $270M<br />
Global: $738.8M<br />
Overseas: $470.4M<br />
Domestic: $268.4M<br />
$65.6M<br />
$38.3M<br />
$36.0M<br />
$33.9M<br />
$30.0M<br />
It took Disney Pixar over a decade to<br />
follow up the success of Monsters, Inc.<br />
Audiences didn’t forget about Mike and<br />
Sulley in the 12 years between Monsters,<br />
Inc. and Monsters University, as the Pixar<br />
prequel became Disney’s second-biggest<br />
hit of the year behind Iron Man 3. Monsters<br />
University wasn’t a runaway hit in China,<br />
but an unexpected $89.2 million run in<br />
Japan helped launch the film to big numbers<br />
overseas. Argentina, not known as a<br />
traditionally powerful territory, contributed<br />
a strong $23.6 million to the film’s box<br />
office total.<br />
Top Five Overseas Territories:<br />
Japan<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Mexico<br />
China<br />
Argentina<br />
$89.2M<br />
$46.7M<br />
$37.2M<br />
$33.7M<br />
$23.6M<br />
5 THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE<br />
Lionsgate<br />
Budget: $185M<br />
Global: $673.4M<br />
Overseas: $336.7M<br />
Domestic: $336.7M<br />
The best-selling young-adult novels enjoyed<br />
a blockbuster transition to the big<br />
screen in last year’s The Hunger Games.<br />
The first film of the newly minted franchise<br />
grossed $686.5 million worldwide, a figure<br />
that the sequel is close to surpassing. The<br />
Hunger Games: Catching Fire is still in<br />
release around the world and could possibly<br />
overtake Monsters University for the<br />
number four spot by year’s end.<br />
Top Five Overseas Territories:<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Germany<br />
China<br />
Australia<br />
Russia<br />
6 MAN OF STEEL<br />
Warner Bros.<br />
Budget: $300M<br />
Global: $662.8M<br />
Overseas: $371.8M<br />
Domestic: $291.0M<br />
$42.9M<br />
$30.7M<br />
$27.1M<br />
$25.7M<br />
$22.0M<br />
Superman’s return to the big screen<br />
was a significant improvement over the<br />
franchise’s previous iteration, Superman<br />
Returns, which only grossed $391 million<br />
worldwide. The key factor in the improvement<br />
was the overseas market, where Man<br />
of Steel nearly doubled the cume of its<br />
predecessor. China led the charge outside<br />
of North America with a $63.4 million contribution<br />
to the Caped Crusader’s latest<br />
cinematic effort. Man of Steel’s box office<br />
results were optimistic enough to revalue<br />
the DC brand. The studio is currently<br />
developing a new film featuring Superman,<br />
Batman, and Wonder Woman.<br />
Top Five Overseas Territories:<br />
China<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Australia<br />
Mexico<br />
France<br />
7 GRAVITY<br />
Warner Bros.<br />
Budget: $145M<br />
Global: $631.5M<br />
Overseas: $380.0M<br />
Domestic: $251.5M<br />
$63.4M<br />
$46.5M<br />
$22.5M<br />
$21.3M<br />
$20.3M<br />
12 BoxOffice ® <strong>Pro</strong> The Business of Movies JANUARY <strong>2014</strong>
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