Domestic box-office sales may be set for a record summer, topping 2013’s $4.75 billion.

1. 2016 summer box office:
Set to sizzle?
Geetha Ranganathan and Paul T. Sweeney
Bloomberg Intelligence analysts

2. Summer box office may shine on record $5 billion in ticket sales

3. Domestic box-office sales may be set for a record summer,
topping 2013’s $4.75 billion. A slew of highly anticipated films
including “Captain America: Civil War,” which may take in more
than $600 million, could contribute to about $5 billion in sales.
Movie studios typically generate 40-45% of annual ticket sales
during the summer season, which runs from the first weekend in
May through Labor Day. Disney may lead peers with a projected
$1.38 billion in domestic sales for its summer releases.

4. ‘Captain America’ $213 million opening may set summer on fire

5. Disney’s “Captain America: Civil War” may make $213 million
when it opens May 6, officially kicking off Hollywood’s summer
movie season. Boxoffice.com projects a $600 million-plus
domestic total for the Marvel film, with the movie benefiting
from the presence of Iron Man and other Marvel characters
such as Black Widow, Black Panther, Ant-Man and Spider-Man.
The last installment in the Captain America franchise, “Winter
Soldier,” made $95 million in its 2014 debut and a worldwide
total of $714 million.

6. Select Marvel releases

7. ‘Suicide Squad,’ ‘Dory’ may push summer box office to new high

8. The domestic box office may be set for a record this summer,
topping 2013’s high of $4.75 billion. A slew of highly anticipated
releases could contribute to about $5 billion in sales. Films include
“Captain America: Civil War,” which could take in more than
$600 million, and five other movies that may gross more than
$200 million each including “Suicide Squad” and “Finding Dory.”
Movie studios typically generate 40-45% of annual ticket sales
in the summer, which runs from the first weekend in May through
Labor Day.

9. Summer Box Office ($ Million)

10. Disney to dominate summer movie season while Paramount may trail

11. Disney may lead studio peers with about $1.38 billion in ticket sales
for its summer releases, based on projections from Boxoffice.com.
That would cement the studio’s leading position this year, giving it
over $2 billion by the end of the summer season.
Warner may come in second, with about $834 million in projected
receipts, followed by Universal with $743 million. Paramount may
trail its peers with $414 million given only three releases vs. Warner’s
eight and Universal’s seven through the summer period.

12. 2016 Estimated Studio Receipts
for Summer Releases

13. DC-Marvel rivalry deepens with Warner ‘Suicide Squad’ in August

14. Warner is challenging Disney’s comic book superhero supremacy
with 10 DC Comics films from 2016-2020. The studio will follow up
its March release of “Batman v Superman” with “Suicide Squad”
on Aug. 5. ‘B v S” has taken in $321 million domestically and around
$855 million globally to date. “Suicide Squad” is projected to
make $265 million in its domestic run.
Disney has scheduled 13 of its Marvel Cinematic Universe films
from 2016-20, starting with the summer release of “Captain America:
Civil War.”

15. Disney set for Marvel-ous $3 billion in 2016 on sizzling summer

16. Disney may set a box office record if its studio can generate
$3 billion in 2016 domestic theatrical sales. The studio
made $2.28 billion domestically in 2015, slightly below
Universal’s $2.4 billion.
Disney has already made $854 million as of April 29 and is
expected to take in about $1.4 billion for its highly anticipated
summer movies such as Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War,”
“Finding Dory” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass.” Disney
will boost receipts with “Doctor Strange” and “Rogue One”
later in 2016.

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