Summer Box Office Breaks All-Time Record With $4.67 Billion
Need proof the movies are really, truly back? The summer box office was already the biggest since COVID upended the industry in 2020 — and now the season has become the highest-grossing of all time. Domestic ticket sales from May 1 through Labor Day on Sept. 7 stand at $4.76 billion, according to Rentrak. Revenues […]
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- First observed by CurrentWire: Deadline · Sep 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM ET
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Summer Box Office Breaks All-Time Record With $4.67 Billion(opens original report in a new tab)DeadlineTier B
Summer U.S. Box Office Hits All-Time $4.76B Record: How Audiences Surrendered To Moviegoing(opens original report in a new tab)No one ever imagined this would be a record $4.76 billion summer. When we started off, we knew Universal’s The Odyssey was destined to be huge given that the 70MM Imax tickets sold out a year in advance. Sony/Marvel… — Deadline
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