Next year's box office will be the biggest since the pandemic, says Comscore's Paul Dergarabedian
December 26, 2025 • 5m 11s
Becky Quick (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
00:00.630
paul
great
to
talk
to
you
today
i
we
still
didn't
hit
the
pre
pandemic
levels
of
movie
going
but
we
did
better
than
last
year
set
the
scene
for
me
yeah
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
00:10.230
so
that's
you
set
it
up
perfectly
so
in
a
very
tumultuous
year
at
the
box
office
but
nonetheless
right
now
according
to
our
comscore
data
we're
at
eight
point
five
billion
dollars
domestically
this
final
you
know
week
of
the
year
is
very
pivotal
obviously
avatar
fire
and
ash
now
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
00:28.560
is
it
over
four
hundred
and
eighty
three
three
million
dollars
globally
so
and
we're
looking
at
a
really
strong
holiday
period
with
avatar
with
the
house
made
with
the
movie
david
but
then
we
have
on
christmas
day
we
had
marty
supreme
go
into
wide
release
song
sung
blue
opened
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
00:49.990
and
anaconda
so
we
really
want
to
see
this
final
week
of
the
year
perform
quite
well
in
the
past
historically
between
the
eight
days
between
christmas
eve
and
new
year's
eve
we
can
generate
in
the
domestic
box
office
alone
in
the
four
hundred
and
eighty
to
five
hundred
million
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
01:09.310
range
so
we
might
get
to
nine
billion
we're
we're
right
on
the
cusp
but
next
year
is
going
to
be
huge
i'm
looking
at
a
year
that
could
be
the
biggest
since
the
pandemic
and
you
know
in
the
pre
pandemic
era
we
would
be
at
around
eleven
billion
dollars
in
the
domestic
box
office
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
01:26.280
this
shouldn't
be
close
to
nine
billion
why
do
you
Becky Quick (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
01:28.040
think
next
year
is
going
to
do
so
well
in
the
movies
and
when
it
looks
like
you
know
where
are
people
going
to
the
movies
yeah
are
they
doing
it
at
the
same
rate
no
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
01:36.030
that
that's
true
but
they
you
know
given
the
options
for
entertainment
on
the
small
screen
i
think
the
fact
that
you
have
a
studios
committed
to
putting
movies
in
theaters
i
mean
for
example
just
recently
the
new
steven
spielberg
movie
disclosure
day
is
announced
for
next
year
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
01:53.470
the
new
tom
cruise
movie
digger
is
opening
in
october
of
next
year
then
you've
got
avengers
doomsday
toy
story
five
minions
three
super
mario
galaxy
i
mean
the
list
goes
on
and
on
so
it's
really
about
the
movies
it's
about
the
movies
being
released
in
theaters
and
that's
what
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
02:12.710
drives
people
to
go
to
the
big
screen
to
go
to
their
local
cinema
it's
those
big
movies
the
marketing
is
a
big
part
of
that
so
i
think
we're
looking
at
a
really
tremendous
year
next
year
of
course
there's
challenges
for
theatrical
but
i
think
given
the
amount
of
competition
out
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
02:30.590
there
in
the
marketplace
the
fact
that
we
have
so
many
big
movies
on
the
way
and
the
PG
movies
horror
movies
have
been
big
drivers
this
year
with
you
know
a
minecraft
movie
lilo
and
stitch
doing
well
weapons
sinners
of
course
so
Becky Quick (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
02:47.190
and
what
about
marty
supreme
which
marty
supreme
was
only
in
what
a
handful
of
theaters
and
you're
talking
about
marketing
here
you
have
the
star
timothy
chalamet
going
in
person
and
surprising
audiences
with
an
in
person
greeting
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
03:03.120
yeah
Becky Quick (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
03:04.080
how
important
is
it
is
is
the
star
involved
in
getting
these
films
to
do
well
at
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
03:09.030
the
box
office
you
know
that's
a
great
question
i
think
it's
huge
and
the
only
way
you
can
do
that
in
person
is
in
a
movie
theater
and
marty
supreme
in
just
six
theaters
this
past
weekend
did
huge
business
now
it's
in
wide
release
i
think
it's
going
to
be
one
of
the
big
movies
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
03:26.030
heading
into
the
end
of
the
year
and
it
is
a
critical
you
know
a
darling
if
you
will
the
reviews
have
been
great
and
chalamet
Joe Kernen (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
03:34.840
people
are
talking
about
their
paul
they're
talking
about
kevin
o'leary
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
03:38.790
there
you
go
i
mean
look
he's
Joe Kernen (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
03:41.550
he's
in
that
movie
and
he
he
plays
himself
shall
we
say
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
03:45.790
essentially
yes
Joe Kernen (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
03:47.070
and
i
got
a
quick
question
which
are
you
more
excited
about
are
you
more
excited
about
what's
happening
on
the
streaming
releases
or
what's
happening
in
the
movie
theaters
and
what
happens
to
a
company
like
paramount
if
it's
bought
by
netflix
and
then
it
sits
on
both
sides
and
Joe Kernen (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
04:03.230
says
i
don't
know
where
i
want
things
to
happen
more
on
the
in
in
the
movie
theater
or
on
streaming
Paul Dergarabedian (Senior Media Analyst)
04:09.070
well
that's
the
multi
billion
dollar
question
Joe Kernen (Squawk Box Co-anchor)
04:11.230
is
why
i'm
asking
that
it's
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