LOS ANGELES — The box office bounty of "Top Gun: Maverick" now feels long past for the world's biggest cinema operators.
After a series of movies including the "Top Gun" sequel, "Minions: The Rise of Gru" and "Thor: Love and Thunder" brought waves of audiences back to cinemas, the cinema industry is facing a severe dry spell.
Since the so-so debut of Sony Pictures' Brad Pitt action movie "Bullet Train" early this month, which grossed $30 million during its opening weekend, there have been no Hollywood releases with realistic blockbuster potential. In fact, there are precious few probable hits on the release schedule until the Oct. 21 debut of Warner Bros.' "Black Adam," a DC superhero movie starring Dwayne Johnson.
