“Based on at least three youth-oriented movies released during the last month and a half, teens and young adults do not appear ready to return to the movies,” said David A. Romantic drama “2 Hearts,” starring Jacob Elordi of “The Kissing Booth” and “Euphoria” fame, pulled in $565,000 from 1,683 screens over the weekend.īox office analysts suggest that YA-skewing movies, the kind that regularly populate Netflix queues, haven’t been a huge theatrical draw during the pandemic. But Hollywood companies have been reluctant to unveil their biggest movies because cinemas in major markets like New York and Los Angeles, which account for a bulk of ticket sales for any given movie, aren’t open. Theater owners argue that it’s not fear keeping people from going to the movies, it’s the dearth of fresh product from major studios. Apprehension among moviegoers, coupled with the lack of new potential blockbusters are to blame for lackluster ticket sales. Overall, it was another quiet weekend at the weekend box office as theaters that reopened have resorted to reduce hours of operation or closing down again entirely due to low attendance. “Tenet” generated $5 million at the international box office for a global haul of $333.9 million. The sci-fi epic, from Warner Bros., continues to fare better overseas. “Tenet,” now in its seventh week of release, grossed 1.6 million, bringing its U.S. FILE PHOTO: Actor Liam Neeson arrives for the world premiere of Widows at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September 8, 2018.
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