I went from being an avid movie theater goer to almost never going after the pandemic. The cinema experience has really gone down the drain. The only movies I watched in the cinema this year are Dune Part 2 and Oppenheimer, and only in IMAX. My criteria nowadays is it should be a movie worth watching in IMAX or Dolby and it should be a good movie at the minimum. Otherwise, I’ll just watch it at home.
It doesn’t help that the entire cinema industry is artificially propped up with exclusivity agreements.
That practice should be ended and allow the cinema industry to contract to a niche thing that people go-to for the experience like it should be.
What happened to the Free Market™️ determining such things??
I’ve actually been going a lot more. When you go to a smaller movie that’s been out for a week you basically have the place to yourself. My small local theater recently replaced all the seating with recliners which is a real treat. I’ve really come to appreciate just sitting in a dark room free of distractions (kids jumping around their room before bed, a dog that wants over and under the blankets constantly, my wife’s phone). The theater is my little getaway.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Backed by animated tentpoles like Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2, AMC Theatres reported a festive July 4 holiday.
The return of Gru and his Minions ruled the Fourth of July box office for the Universal and Illumination release with an estimated five-day domestic opening of $122.6 million from 4,428 theaters.
“Needless to say, we are quite pleased to see the strong showing from our U.S. moviegoers during the Fourth of July holiday weekend … It’s also important to note that AMC’s weekend was driven by the wide-ranging appeal of several movies that offer distinct and diverse options,” Aron said in a statement on Monday.
As family animated movies perform at the beginning of the third quarter, the Despicable Me 4 premiere put Pixar and Disney’s Inside Out 2, which debuted in June, in second place in the box office league table in its fourth weekend with an estimated three-day weekend gross of $30 million from 3,760 locations for a domestic gross $533.8 million.
But Roth cautioned the 2024 Hollywood box office will face tough comparisons to last year as next weekend will see the new Fly Me to the Moon release go up against the year-earlier debut of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
Despite optimism for a strong premiere forecast later this month by Deadpool & Wolverine, Roth predicts third quarter 2024 box office receipts will be down a modest 6 percent, compared to the 2023 performance.
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