2021 was supposed to be Hollywood’s return to form.
Ticket sales in 2021 outpaced 2020. But were still nearly 70 percent behind the haul from 2019.
A lot of that is the pandemic, but moviegoers have been gravitating away from theaters for years now.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075590056/how-the-pandemic-is-changing-american-cinema