Wait. We have to wait until July for Tom Cruise and “Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One” to save mainstream movie theaters, the way “Top Gun: Maverick” saved theaters in 2022?
If that’s the case, then the theatrical exhibition game may be turning into a late-stage exercise in one man, flying through the air in a plane or on a motorcycle, keeping Earth safe and warm for democracy, AMC Theaters and aging-yet-ageless superstars.
But we should note: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” made close to half a billion in the U.S. apiece in 2022. “Jurassic World Dominion” came close to that, while smaller-budgeted, higher-invention ringers led by “Everything Everywhere All at Once” profited handsomely on efficient budgets. You can’t count out theaters just yet.
