Hollywood Celebrates Its Best Summer Since the Pandemic
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- U.S. and Canadian cinemas generated $4.6 billion between May and the end of August, according to market researcher Rentrak.
- Revenue rose 26% from the previous summer, giving Hollywood its strongest post-pandemic summer box office.
- The result eased concerns about the future of movie theaters, with Spider-Man among the major box-office successes.
Hollywood has just had its strongest summer at the North American box office since the pandemic, delivering a result that pushed aside renewed fears about the future of movie theaters.
Cinemas in the United States and Canada took in $4.6 billion from May through the end of August. Market research company Rentrak said on Friday that the figure stood 26% above the previous summer’s result.
Spider-Man was among the films performing strongly at the box office. The broader summer performance gave the U.S. film industry a welcome sign of recovery after years of concern about whether audiences would return to theaters in large numbers.
The figures cover the key summer period and point to a markedly stronger season for cinemas than the one before it. Hollywood is presenting the result as evidence that moviegoing remains capable of producing major theatrical revenues.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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