Hollywood is finally back in business…and not a moment too soon.
After 14 long months of darkened marquees and skittish moviegoers who opted to stay home and stream due to Covid-19, Memorial Day weekend arrived just in the nick of time.In normal years, the holiday which unofficially kicks off summer has provided Hollywood with one of its biggest—and busiest—periods on the calendar.
But the past year has been anything but normal, and few knew what to expect coming into the long weekend.
Well, it turns out that the box office exceeded all industry expectations thanks to the one-two blockbuster punch of Paramount’sA Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella, which both had stronger-than-expected debuts.
In fact, it was the first weekend in more than a year where the total domestic box-office take surpassed $100 million.Winning the holiday weekend (by far) was the John Krasinski-directed
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