This August, however, has seen the July holdover like Mission: Impossible Fallout and the summeriest of summer movies, The Meg, deliver to the bottom line, which sits at $605 million, putting it 17% ahead of 2017’s pace.
For example, August of last year brought in $658 million in ticket sales, which was the worst in 20 years.
Digging a little bit deeper into things, it becomes clear that this was really a team effort and not just the biggest blockbusters that made this happen.
Smaller films have contributed as well, with the over-performing romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians and movies like Christopher Robin and BlacKkKlansman all providing a variety of options to suit all tastes and driving theater attendance.