If the future for theaters is near-total reliance on a handful of top franchise films, this weekend suggests that plan could work.
It was peak playtime with Father’s Day and the first federal observance of Juneteenth and while it broke no records, these results are the best since Covid.This weekend also contains the biggest disappointment of 2022 as Disney’s “Lightyear” grossed 51 million, falling far short of its projected minimum 70 million opening.
That led to the total take of 163 million, a bit under expectations, for a weekend with three major recent releases.For the second straight weekend, total grosses topped 2019’s equivalent — this one, by 20 percent.
Combined with the past three weekends, our four-week rolling total now stands 3 percent above 2019 for the first time we’ve exceeded the prior period.
It isn’t guaranteed to continue (the rest of the month likely will lag behind), but it is the
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