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"Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood."
With all the big releases from the summer movie season out, it's time to take a look at what worked and what didn't the past few months.
At the halfway point, things weren't looking good with big blockbusters ("Godzilla: King of the Monsters," "Men in Black: International") underperforming and indies ("Late Night," "Booksmart") doing zero business. But things turned around pretty drastically thanks to releases like Disney's "The Lion King," Sony's "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood," and Universal's "Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw."
As usual, a lot of praise goes to Disney for keeping the theatrical business on steady ground. Following the historically huge "Avengers: Endgame," which earned over $2 billion globally and became the highest-grossing movie worldwide ever, the studio went on to have four more titles ("Captain Marvel," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," "Toy Story 4") cross $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
Though the 2019 box office is down 6.4% from last year, year-to-date, according to Comscore, just imagine where it would be without the Mouse House. But Disney movies aren't the only standouts in this summer movie season.
Here's a breakdown of the movies that impressed (and others that didn't) this summer: