The box office remains sunken and scattershot, with once-reliable audience patterns upended by the coronavirus pandemic and, for many films, ticket sales cannibalised by instant availability on streaming services
Moviegoers at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Ore., Aug. 28, 2021. With box office numbers way down in the coronavirus pandemic and streaming numbers hard to come by, the film industry is often unable to determine whether a movie is a hit or a miss. (Leah Nash/The New York Times)
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