This is what movies look like in summer 2019: This weekend, 87% of the box office went to films from Disney plus a non-Disney Marvel release.
About 90% went to franchises, sequels, or remakes.
And, they made a lot of money.That’s good news for exhibitors, and for studios that provided the films.
The message from audiences is loud and clear: Ignore naysayers who pounded on “The Lion King” for its high craft and low originality; give us more like this.With “The Lion King” bringing 73% of the gross, this weekend brought in about $75 million more than the same period last year.
That brought down the 2019 shortfall to just over $500 million, a bit over 7%.
That’s a strong boost, which should continue with Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”The bulk of the credit, of course, goes to “The Lion King,” with an assist from the heat wave covering much of the country.
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