Summer box office is down 2% from last year despite 'Lion King' and other hits. Should Hollywood worry?
by Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times
Aug 28, 2019
3 minutes
Despite hits such as the Walt Disney Co.'s "The Lion King," Hollywood's summer had a lower roar than last year.
Ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada are projected to total $4.33 billion for summer movies, down 2% from a year ago, according to data firm Comscore. The decline reflects a number of major flops, such as Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" and 20th Century Fox's
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