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2026 Domestic Box Office Soars Past $7 Billion, +20% Over 2025

Deadline · August 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM

2026 Domestic Box Office Soars Past $7 Billion, +20% Over 2025

This summer, and this year, further shows the importance of protecting the theatrical window as the domestic annual box office has crossed the $7 billion mark according to Rentrak.

Those are the best numbers we’ve seen post Covid, +20% above the same period a year ago (Jan.

1-Aug.

23 which was at $5

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2026 Domestic Box Office Soars Past $7 Billion, +20% Over 2025

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