Box-office collapse worst in 25 years

With just $275 million grossed in North America, September’s box office is set to be to be the first not to break the $350 million figure since 1997. (This doesn’t count 2020, which only brought in $86 million because of the government-mandated lockdowns.)

To make things worse, this is the first September since 2001, when America dealt with the 9-11 terror attacks, that not one single movie has made over $20 million in its opening weekend.

It’s a troubling sign for movies amid the country’s current economic situation.