1st Quarter 2012: Studio Box Office Numbers

Last year at this time, the chatter was what was wrong with domestic box office, the first quarter the beginning of a poor 12 months resulting in the lowest number of ticket sales in over a decade.

First quarter 2012? No problem! Up 23.2% compared to 2011 [$2,572,171,672 / $2,086,958,637].

Some notable studio jumps year-to-date:

Warner Bros.: +25.2%
Universal: +79.3%
20th Century Fox: +153.0%
Lionsgate: +692.1%

Re Lionsgate: That’s primarily the result of a little movie called The Hunger Games.

For the record, here is a breakdown of the top 10 studio B.O. performances for 1st quarter 2012 with market share and total gross domestic revenues:

1 Universal 15.9% $418.5
2 Sony / Columbia 14.7% $386.4
3 Warner Bros. 12.5% $330.1
4 Lionsgate 11.9% $314.3
5 20th Century Fox 11.3% $297.8
6 Paramount 8.5% $224.7
7 Buena Vista 7.0% $183.6
8 Relativity 4.0% $105.7
9 Weinstein Company 2.9% $75.8
10 Open Road Films 2.4% $63.8

All numbers are from BoxOfficeMojo which is hands-down one of the best resources on the web.

Tomorrow: A look at 1st quarter spec script sales in 2012.