Box office record

H’wood hits high mark for ticket sales

A flood of sequels and franchise flicks in 2016 helped Hollywood set a record for ticket sales on Wednesday — for the second year in a row.

Tinseltown, which splits those ticket sales with exhibitors, hit an estimated $11.185 billion in 2016 ticket sales on Wednesday, according to two industry analysts.

With three days left in the year, US tickets sales are expected to hit $11.385 billion before the ball drops, analysts predict.

Last year, US ticket sales totaled $11.128 billion.

Movie insiders can thank Disney’s Lucasfilm for the record. Two huge “Star Wars” movies — “The Force Awakens” and “Rogue One” — boosted 2016 coffers by $625.3 million, ac- cording to various reports.

In all, Disney had six of the top 10 movies of the year, according to Box Office Mojo.

“This year was a roller coaster,” Shawn Robbins, an analyst with Boxoffice.com, told The Post. “The summer was really weak, but the year ended on a big note.”

“Star Wars” is the answer — the year had both movies, Robbins said.

Deadline.com also reported on comScore numbers that suggest the year ending somewhere from $11.3 billion to $11.4 billion.

The biggest-grossing movie of 2016, at the moment, is “Finding Dory” from Disney’s Pixar. It sold $486.3 million in tickets in the US — with a global gross of $1.03 billion.

Also from Disney was “Captain America: Civil War,” which finished second with a US gross of $408.1 million and a global take of $1.15 billion.

Universal’s “The Secret Life of Pets,” Fox’s “Deadpool,” and Warner’s “Batman v Superman” and “Suicide Squad” rounded out the top 10.

Helping create the new record was a slight increase in ticket prices, according to Boxoffice.com. The company said average ticket prices climbed 2.1 percent, to $8.61, up from $8.43 last year.