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Hollywood's summer box office is glowing, but the numbers come with startling caveats

Theaters have had something for everyone this summer, and fans are paying top dollar for premium formats like IMAX. There are also fewer moviegoers, fewer movies and fewer screens than there were pre-COVID.

Hollywood's summer box office is glowing, but the numbers come with startling caveats

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Theaters have had something for everyone this summer, and fans are paying top dollar for premium formats like IMAX.

There are also fewer moviegoers, fewer movies and fewer screens than there were pre-COVID.

Theaters have had something for everyone this summer, and fans are paying top dollar for premium formats like IMAX. There are also fewer moviegoers, fewer movies and fewer screens than there were pre-COVID.

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Theaters have had something for everyone this summer, and fans are paying top dollar for premium formats like IMAX. There are also fewer moviegoers, fewer movies and fewer screens than there were pre-COVID.

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