學校再度開課，本季的熱度已經過了頂峰，假期結束了，人們開始盤點這個秋季的電影。所有一切都只意味著一件事：又一個成功的暑期電影旺季已經過去了。

　　School is in session again, the heat of the season has peaked,vacations are over, and the people are starting to think about fall movies. All of this can mean only one thing:　another successful summer movie season is now behind us.

　　好一個夏季啊。行業的主力季度（這里定義為從5月1日至8月31日）就創下46.9億美元的記錄（超越了2011年夏季早前的43.4億美元記錄）。大多數制片商都有充分的理由自我陶醉一番：這個夏季比2012年夏季票房增長了強勁的11.5%。這是自2007年以11.8%的增長率超越2006年后夏季暑期市場最大的增長。

　　And what a summer it was. The industry’s keynote season(defined here as May 1 through August 31) hauled a record $4.69 billion (topping Summer 2011’s previous $4.34 billion　record).Most studios have plenty of reasons to be patting themselves on the back: this summer yielded a strong 11.5 percent increase over Summer 2012. That’s the biggest　summer-to-summer market improvement since 2007 bested 2006 by 11.8 percent.

　　盡管8月相較夏季早幾個月市場有所疲軟，但8月仍帶來了9.295億美元的收益——比2012年8月漲逾15%，但仍系自2005年起第四個最低的8月上座率水平。不過，這也不必太過在意，顯然觀眾都已享受到5月、6月和7月里令人滿意的大片。同樣不必在意的是，即使是一個非常成功的夏季，票房也仍然會顧此失彼（甚至有徹頭徹尾的炸彈）。不過公平的說，部分電影淪為了不適當時機的犧牲品，正如他們淪為了糟糕的商業決策的犧牲品。

　　Although August’s market softened from summer’s earlier months, it still brought in $929.5 million--up more than 15 percent from August 2012, but representing the fourth　lowest August attendance since 2005. That shouldn’t be too concerning, however, as audiences clearly had their fill of blockbusters in May, June, and July. So much so that even　a majorly successful summer was still prone to a few box office disappointments (and outright bombs) here and there. To be fair, however, some were victims of poor timing just　as much as they were victims of bad business decision-making.

　　以下能找到一些2013夏季關鍵的統計數據，以及本季在國外、國內最高收入，以及國內首映周的類別。

　　Below, you’ll find a few of Summer 2013’s key statistics,as well as the season’s top earners in the global, domestic, and domestic opening weekend categories.