The end is near.No, not of theaters.
The end of minuscule grosses and reports laying out numbers in which the total for all films is less (by far) of what the number-one film alone normally would gross in late May.It was, with no new studio wide openings (with a unique asterisk), the lowest turnout at theaters since March after getting as high as $58 million.
This weekend will come in around $21 million ($17 million of that in the top 10).
The results for the equivalent three days in 2019? $181 million.Next weekend with “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount) and “Cruella” (Disney) opening, the three-day figure could approach that number from those two alone.
And there’s another reason to put aside the current results as a last gasp of the worst of the pandemic.“F9” (Universal) is why.
Even though its domestic release is a month away, the latest edition of
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