Summer box office sizzled, but fall movie sales might see a lull
Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” and “Fantastic Four” and Warner Bros Discovery’s “Superman” film photos.
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Super heroes, dinosaurs, and a genetically modified alien dog helped the summer box office above the 2024 level, but this is about to stop acceleration.
According to Comscore data, it enters the last tension of the summer season, which started the first weekend in May and ended on the Labor Day. This is an increase of about 2% from the previous summer.
Hollywood hoped that the text of 2025 would be a return for the box office and reached a $ 4 billion sign that became standard before my pandemi. Ticket sales reached this figure in 2023, thanks to the Powerhouse team Warner Bros. ‘”Barbie” and Universal“S” oppenheimer. “However, in the last two summer, two years ago, the strikes caused by the strikes of double writers and actors took the burden.
Last summer, Disney And Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” and Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” helped the May-August season to reach $ 3.67 billion, which is much higher than he predicted at the beginning of the year.
Summer box office talts
- 2024 – 3.7 billion dollars
- 2023 – 4 billion dollars
- 2022 – 3.4 billion dollars
- 2021 – 1.7 billion dollars
- 2020 – 176.2 million dollars
- 2019 – 4.3 billion dollars
- 2018 – 4.4 billion dollars
- 2017 – 3.8 billion dollars
- 2016 – 4.4 billion dollars
- 2015 – 4.4 billion dollars
- 2014 – 4 billion dollars
- 2013 – 4.7 billion dollars*
- 2012 – 4.2 billion dollars
* Record summer box office income
Source: Comscore
Hollywood hoped, Superman and The Fantastic Four of the “Jurassic World” series, as well as a new entrance, the combination of the big franchise titles, which is a new entry, would be enough to feed the 2025 summer stretch for a $ 4 billion sign. Nevertheless, none of these films produced more than $ 350 million in the country.
In fact, the highest revenue film in summer was Disney’s live action re -construction of $ 421 million “Lilo & Stitch” from Sunday. The second highest, $ 340 million “Superman”.
In previous summer, the best films such as “Inide Out 2”, “Barbie” and “Top: Gun Maverick” brought at least $ 600 million to ticket sales.
“A historic memorial day, which began with the weekend, has led to a mixture of low performance and crowded satisfaction hit,” Fandango Analytical Director and founder of the box office theory. He said. “The back of the season has returned with a few box -office records and sleeps, but despite most of these films that produce positive investigations, we continue to see that the audience is extremely selective when a dam of franchise films is there.
Nevertheless, cinema operators reported solid mass numbers and ticket sales in the second quarter of May and June box office figures.
“When it comes to strengthening the box office box office throughout the industry, we believe that it is the beginning of a continuous and strong resurrection for our whole industry,” he said. AmcHe said during a call for earnings last week.
Similarly, Cinema CEO Sean Gamble, during the company’s call for earnings at the beginning of this month, a “Minecraft Film”, which runs well in the summer months, said in April, “a regular flow of highly challenging new versions for weeks firing the fluctuation of summer cinema acceleration”.
But at the same time, he warned that he tends to “give some gas” at the box office as well as typical in the theater business.
This year, this is the case, but it is likely to reach well in October. While “Tron: Ares” and “Mortal Kombat II” are expected to be attracted to the audience during that month, the box office analysts do not expect a big break until the end of November.
Comscore Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergararabedian, “After the summer, the corridor seems a little away from those who broke outstanding box office records.” He said. He said: “We will have to rely on the cumulative success of low and medium -range artists, and a really good prize caliber and the option of indie movies.
Aron from AMC said that the upcoming third quarter box office would “not be a seasonal, but worrying softness”, but to investors, “to hold on to your hats for the size of the box office in the fourth quarter”.
The turning point is expected to come with the release of Universal’s “Wicked: for Good” on November 21st. Last year’s Hit “Wicked” is eagerly anticipated, to increase over $ 100 million and the rest of the year will stable ticket sales at the box office.
“Zootopia 2” comes on a gratitude holiday and is expected to exceed $ 100 million during the opening framework.
“Avatar: Ateş and Ash” will close the year and are expected to support the box office in the first few weeks of 2026.
“The last months of the year have the potential to be something other than the star.” He said.
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