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Cineplex Celebrates Historic Box Office Achievements, Including Highest July Box Office and Second Highest Month of All Time
Cineplex Celebrates Historic Box Office Achievements, Including Highest July Box Office and Secon...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Cineplex Celebrates Historic Box Office Achievements, Including Highest July Box Office and Second Highest Month of All Time\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n More than\n \n 6.8M\n \n Guests Nationwide Experienced Summer Blockbusters on the Big Screen in July\n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Aug. 1, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - (TSX: CGX) – Cineplex, a leading entertainment and media company, announced today that it enjoyed its highest July box office of all time, surpassing\n \n $86 million\n \n in net box office revenues. Additionally, it achieved the second highest month on record, second only to\n \n December 2015\n \n which included the results of\n \n Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens\n \n . These remarkable records further underscore that the demand for compelling and original content to captivate audiences on the big screen is as strong as ever, with Cineplex welcoming more than 6.8 million guests nationwide throughout the month. In July, mainly due to the highly anticipated\n \n Oppenheimer\n \n and\n \n Barbie,\n \n Cineplex achieved its second highest monthly premium box office revenue of all time.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The month's box office success was driven in large part by the enduring blockbuster performances of both\n \n Barbie\n \n and\n \n Oppenheimer.\n \n Week over week attendance to experience 'Barbenheimer' remained strong, with consumer enthusiasm continuing to drive momentum. While\n \n Barbie\n \n generated the highest July attendance at Cineplex theatres nationwide,\n \n Oppenheimer\n \n and\n \n Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One\n \n followed in second and third places respectively, with international title,\n \n \n Carry On Jatta\n \n 3\n \n rounding out the top ten.\n \n \n \"Our record-breaking July box office demonstrates movie-lovers' strong desire for sharing the experience of a movie in a social setting, immersed with big screens and big sound that you can't replicate at home. It is a furt...