This summer’s box office is set to hit $4 billion for the 13th time ever, +16% over last summer. Barbie and Oppenheimer, which together rep 22% of that figure created a blast radius, finally …
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How big was this summer in terms of demand? It was the season that made moviegoing a special participatory-grab-your-friends-get excited-thing again, which the industry was even lacking a bit despite the 2022 rally ofIt was a moment when 6AM Imax showtimes ofwere added at the last minute and sold out at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theater. It was the summer when girls dressed up in Barbie pink satin evening dresses and dudes as J. Robert Oppenheimer in fedoras and trench coats, crowding cinemas.
In total there were 13 movies that grossed over $100M this summer versus nine a year ago. Additionally, there were five movies which minted north of $200M; the same number as last summer.per EntTelligence for the May 5-Sept. 4 frame, +16% as well for the same frame a year ago. It’s disappointing: Every time the industry feels like it’s getting its momentum back, a natural or unnatural disaster puts the theatrical business back on its heels. Regal just emerged from bankruptcy this summer, while AMC avoided Chapter 11 after it received the go-ahead to raise cash.
“It continues to be the same story, but to different background music, it’s two steps forward and two steps back” says studio marketing vet about the fits and starts of the domestic box office in recent years.While the autumn box office season isn’t apt to be as bad as last year’s dry spell between August and late October with
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