{
  "id": 2847479,
  "title": "2026 Domestic Box Office Soars Past $7 Billion, +20% Over 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/2026-domestic-box-office-soars-past-7-billion-20-over-2025",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-23T19:04:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/box-office-domestic-7-billion-1237048328/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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 $5.86B with the […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}