Summer 2026 Breaks Box Office Record, Driven by Spider-Man and The Odyssey

Hollywood's big screen just had its biggest season ever. Summer 2026 raked in $4.76 billion at the domestic box office, shattering the decade-old 2013 record of $4.755 billion. For an industry that has spent years hearing "cinema is dead," the numbers are a deafening rebuttal. As the Los Angeles Times notes, this 30% jump over 2025 has analysts betting on a $10 billion year—the first since before the pandemic.

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