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title: Movies are back with a vengeance
description: The popcorn is a-poppin’
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# [Movies are back with a vengeance](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/07122022-movie-theaters)

 Written by [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/author/jacob-cohen) | Jul 12, 2022 8:17:43 AM

For the better part of the last few years, movie theaters were declared “dead.”

But that narrative’s recently been flipped on its head.

**One interesting stat: **The year-to-date box office is down approximately 30% from 2019. But the [overall number](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/10/box-office-thor-love-and-thunder-has-143-million-domestic-opening.html) of wide releases in 2022 is down roughly the same amount — meaning, on a per-film basis, movies appear to be doing just fine.

More than fine, actually.

- *Thor: Love and Thunder* and *Minions *just combined for the first consecutive $100m+ opening weekends since 2018.
- This past weekend saw [$236m](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2022W27/?ref_=bo_hm_rw) in domestic box office sales, up ~28% from the same weekend in 2019 when *Spider-Man: Far from Home*, *Toy Story 4*, *Aladdin*, *Yesterday*, and *Midsommar* were all in theaters.

So, while the overall box office is still down from pre-pandemic times, the popcorn is definitely poppin’.

**Bonus:** Read [our piece](https://thehustle.co/07062022-minions/) about how teens in suits are changing moviegoing with a hilarious meme.

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