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Summer Box Office Surges Toward $4 Billion

Updated 2026-08-09 19:55 UTC 1 source Positive

The summer domestic box office is on a hot streak, poised to cross $4 billion by Monday. Despite merger concerns, the period from May 1 to August 9 has seen significant growth in ticket sales.

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Forget the woes of a potential Paramount-WBD merger, the summer domestic box office is on fire, just $14.8M away from crossing $4 billion. This is all according to Rentrak. For for the period of May 1-Aug. 9, the summer B.O. stands at $3.985B. The last time the North American box office crossed $4B
2026-08-09 19:45 UTC
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