He’s particularly high on “Barbie” because pre-sale tickets at his theaters have already been surging. “It’s the right mix of movies to not only survive but thrive off one another,” says Randleman. Movie theater owners believe the range of offerings will appeal to moviegoers of all demographics. But if the movies aren’t great, people will wait a month until they are available on streaming.” “It’s all about quality,” says Armand Daiguillon, who owns Paradigm Cinemas in South Florida. It’s a sign that this summer’s crop of newcomers can co-exist beyond their opening weekends - so long as ticket buyers care to see them. Another weekend in the middle of 2022, four movies - Baz Luhrmann’s biopic “Elvis” and Blumhouse’s thriller “The Black Phone,” in addition to “Maverick” and “Jurassic World Dominion” - each grossed $20 million or more in the same Friday to Sunday frame. A prime example can be found in last summer’s debut of “Jurassic World Dominion,” which scored a mighty $145 million opening, even as Cruise’s enduring hit “Top Gun: Maverick” pulled in $51.8 million in its third weekend. But that’s because audiences didn’t have an overwhelming desire to watch “The Flash” or Pixar’s “Elemental,” not because those movies were scheduled too close together.Įven as the box office recovers in fits and starts, there are signs that even in the pandemic era, several films can work at the same time. So far, Hollywood’s attempts this year at counter-programming have been disastrous. “This will be a stress test for the theatrical marketplace in the most important moviegoing season of the year,” he says. However, Paul Dergarabedian, a senior analyst at Comscore, calls the month-long stretch between “Indiana Jones 5” through “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” one of the most competitive periods in recent memory. The hope is that all of these films will find their audiences. Now if something tanks, you move onto the next one. “In the last two years, if something failed, we didn’t have anything for six weeks. “It’s complete day and night,” Randleman says.

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