Perhaps the floodgates have opened after two years of dribbles, where a handful of movies braved theaters while others went straight to streaming or just got put in dry dock.
Now, things are looking better (ish?) and studios are releasing films they’ve held at bay since late 2019 all at once. Audiences are showing a willingness to head back to the cinemas by giving long box-office legs to movies varying from blockbusters like “Maverick” to indie oddities such as “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Source: First-half favorites bode well for 2022 at the movies