North American 2021 summer box office up 893% on 2020, down 59.7% on 2019

Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Widow tops summer charts.This year’s summer box office season in North America generated $1.752bn according to Comscore for an 892.7% increase over summer 2020, while a 59.7% drop against summer 2019 shows there is still a long way to go before box office can approach pre-pandemic levels.Thirty-seven films were released in more than 1,000 sites this season from May 7-September 6, a period characterised by a blend of distribution strategies, Scarlett Johansson’s Disney lawsuit, and a growing sense of excitement among exhibitors over the return of cinema-going tempered by the late summer spread of the Delta variant that has dented confidence levels.

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