{"id":249623,"date":"2026-07-01T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/how-the-u-s-box-office-made-its-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:05:01","slug":"how-the-u-s-box-office-made-its-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/how-the-u-s-box-office-made-its-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"How The U.S. Box Office Made Its Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Americans are back at the movies. Summer blockbusters like Michael, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Obsession, and Backrooms have all contributed to the best first half of the year since 2019. CNBC\u2019s Sarah Whitten breaks down the data.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gen Z has become the most active cinemagoing demographic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s especially notable is how strongly they value the shared, communal aspect of the experience, reinforcing that theaters continue to play an important role as a social destination for younger audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Source:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yJRRLINuES\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/yJRRLINuES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/2041933074435600571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1-end\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br \/><b><i>ONTD, what was the last movie you saw in theaters?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sources:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FKe6Ql4H7YA?si=eQMtZpa9QJaoRFnu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/2041933074435600571?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132542211.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are back at the movies. Summer blockbusters like Michael, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Obsession, and Backrooms have all contributed to the best first half of the year since 2019. CNBC\u2019s Sarah Whitten breaks down the data. Gen Z has become the most active cinemagoing demographic. \u201cWhat\u2019s especially notable is how strongly they value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}