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As 2018 draws to a close, comScore is estimating that worldwide box office will hit a record $41.7B. That would rep a 2.7% upwards shift from last year’s $40.6B and mark only the second time ever that it’s cracked $40B. This year’s growth is largely driven by domestic which is eyeing a benchmark $11.9B, a 7% increase on 2017, while international box office is also up, though by just 1%, to $29.8B.The domestic jump in box office this year is the biggest since 2015’s 7.5% and the 2nd best since 2009. This year, North America was boosted by Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther ($700M), along with Dis/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War ($678.8M), Dis/Pixar’s Incredibles 2 ($608.6M), Universal’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($416.7M) and Fox’s Deadpool 2 ($324.4M).

Source: Deadline