This summer is pacing 5.3% behind 2019, which counted $4.3 billion.

He added: Quite an amazing summer for movie theaters after a three-year stretch of a down trending returns.

It also movedGhostbustersfrom Christmas to Easter.

Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’ and Cillian Murphy stars in ‘Oppenheimer’.

Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’ and Cillian Murphy stars in ‘Oppenheimer’.Warner Bros/Universal

Its expected that Legendary/Warner Bros.Dune: Part Twowill move off its Nov. 3 release date to next year.

Whether other tentpoles buckle and move out of 2023 remains to be seen.

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