With theaters in an unprecedented nationwide shutdown, we look back at the game-changing titles in play on this weekend in box-office history.Under normal circumstances, this weekend would likely have been the best of 2020 to date.
With “Mulan” (Disney) set to open and “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount) in its second week, grosses totaling $200 million were likely.More from IndieWireFocus Features Sends ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Straight to Premium on Demand — Exclusive’Wonder Woman 1984′ and ‘In The Heights’ Move Dates, As Studios Save Tentpoles for TheatersAnd in 1998, this was the weekend after the Oscars — a date then known as something of a box-office dead zone.
Streaming didn’t exist, and theater windows were longer than 90 days, which meant new films stayed away because they didn’t want to compete with the post-Oscar bump.
Today, Oscar movies are no threat since most winners are on some form of VOD,
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