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The 5 Biggest Hits of the Summer Box Office and the Company that Won Big

Avengers: Age of Ultron

• Released May 1, the official start of the summer box office

• Has earned roughly $1.4 billion

worldwide on an estimated $250

million production budget

• U.S. gross of roughly $437 million, the second-highest in

2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron• Delivered record opening day box office in China,

at $33.9 million• Worldwide gross of $1.4 billion makes it the

second-highest grossing film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, behind 2012’s The Avengers at roughly $1.52 billion, and ahead of Iron Man 3 at roughly $1.22 billion

• 6th highest grossing movie in history

• In terms of the broader MCU storyline, Avengers: Age of Ultron sets the stage for a showdown between Captain America and Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War, which is due to open May 6, 2016

Jurassic World• Comcast and Universal’s tentpole action pic opened in

U.S. theaters on June 12. It has gone on to earn a staggering

$638 million domestically• Worldwide gross stands at over

$1.6 billion, making it the highest grossing movie of 2015 and the third-highest all time

• Estimated production budget of $150 million, which would be a

bit cheaper than many competing blockbusters and impressive given the visual

effects

Jurassic World• Jurassic World is a huge

franchise-building win for Comcast and Universal

and the single most successful film series

reboot in history• The last movie in the Jurassic universe released in 2001, grossing roughly $370 million worldwide

• Sequel set for release June 22, 2018, with stars Chris

Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard returning

Inside Out• Disney and Pixar’s

Inside Out released June 19, and has grossed roughly

$640 million worldwide

• The film’s domestic opening of roughly $90 million was a

record performance for

new Pixar IP

Inside OutU.S. gross of $330

million is third-highest of the summer, and

fourth-highest of 2015

Estimated $175 million production

budgetScored a positive

rating from 98% of critics on Rotten

Tomatoes

Minions• Comcast and

Universal’s blockbuster

animated feature released July 10 and has grossed more than $962

million• With a September

Chinese release, Minions should

move significantly above $1 billion

Minions

• Estimated production budget of just $74 million, but Comcast and

Universal reportedly spent $593 million in

marketing connected with the

film• Huge ad spend also

promoted merchandise sales

Straight Outta Compton

• Comcast and Universal’s Compton released August

14th, and opened to an impressive $60 million

• The budget of the N.W.A biopic was reportedly just

$29 million• International performance

probably won’t match domestic strength, but the

picture looks to enjoy a solid run in America

Straight Outta Compton

• Straight Outta Compton delivered a

higher domestic opening than would-

be blockbusters Terminator Genisys,

Mad Max: Fury Road, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, and

Fantastic Four—despite being made on a fraction of the

budget

Comcast and Universal Studios Win Big

• This year, there’s no question that Comcast and Universal Studios won the summer box office, with two pictures crossing the $1 billion mark and Straight Outta Compton

outperforming to wind down the season on a great note• Comcast’s summer performance becomes even more incredible if you choose to count

Furious 7 as the movie that kicked off the blockbuster season. The movie released in America in early April, but didn’t hit other key territories such as China until mid-May, and kept adding meaningful box office bumps into late-June, ultimately grossing some $1.51

billion • Comcast and Universal set a new annual box office record at $5.53 billion, just seven

months into the year• Jurassic World, Minions, and Furious 7 are huge, franchise building hits for the company,

and position it to deliver blockbuster $1 billion-plus sequels, while also creating merchandizing opportunities and tie-in potential at Universal Theme Parks

• All told, Comcast and Universal had a great summer

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