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Hollywood is closing out its best summer box office since before the pandemic

Ticket sales rose 26% from last summer, driven by Gen-Z audiences, filmmaker-led originals, and record IMAX revenue

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Hollywood's summer box office generated $4.6 billion in domestic ticket sales between May 1 and Aug. 31, the strongest summer performance since 2013, according to measurement firm Rentrak, according to Reuters.

That figure marks a 26% increase from last summer, according to the Associated Press. The all-time inflation-adjusted summer record of $6.8 billion was set in 2013. Rentrak head of marketplace trends Paul Dergarabedian said the domestic box office could reach $10 billion for the full year — a threshold not crossed since........

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