Hollywood, which has faced plenty of highs and lows in its struggle to rebuild the box office after a long pandemic shutdown, faces new challenges as it heads into the last four months of the year: a shortage of wide-release studio movies to lure moviegoers back into theaters.
According to the box office database The Numbers, there are 34 wide releases scheduled to open between September and December this year — not only is that well under the 47 that opened in pre-pandemic 2019 but it’s also below the 42 wide releases that opened last year in the same period.
That may make it difficult to match the $2.36