Cineplex says recent Hollywood columns love it Moana 2 and evil Fueled by December 2024’s blockbuster box office performance.
But the Canadian exhibition giant warned that Thanksgiving leftovers and more year-end titles left Cineplex still short of its pre-pandemic box office revenue in December 2019. On Monday, Cineplex announced that its December 2024 box office revenue reached $64.8 million, up Sharp from $51.8. $1 million in December 2023.
“This month, we saw the impact of longevity on highly anticipated films, e.g evil and Moana 2 and the continued success of international programming in our theaters that reflects the diversity of our Canadian population,” Ellis Jacob, president and CEO of Cineplex, said in a statement.
In December 2024, the cinema chain also screened the film in Cantonese The last dance Indian action drama in Telugu Pushpa: Al Qaeda – Part Two. But Cineplex’s Canadian movie ticket sales were still below the pre-pandemic box office of $74.9 million recorded in December 2019.
Cineplex said it gained evil It became the highest-grossing film of all time based on a Broadway musical Moana 2 It was among the top 10 animated films of all time domestically, surpassing the original Moana film.
Cineplex added that combined box office and concessions revenues in December 2024 reached $112 million, or 129 percent of prior-year levels, with the company setting record concessions per patron at $9.34.
But as Canadians flock to local movie theaters to show U.S. Thanksgiving blockbusters, Cineplex and other major North American chains are looking to show investors more consistency at the box office after a string of tentpoles at underperforming studios and continued moviegoing habits. Consumerism in the evolving era of live streaming. To transition out of the pandemic.
