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2026 Domestic Box Office Soars Past $7 Billion, +20% Over 2025

This summer, and this year, further shows the importance of protecting the theatrical window as the domestic annual box office has crossed the $7 billion mark according to Rentrak. Those are the best numbers we’ve seen post Covid, +20% above the same period a year ago (Jan. 1-Aug. 23 which was at $5.86B with the […]

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2026 Domestic Box Office Soars Past $7 Billion, +20% Over 2025
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