{
  "id": 6158058,
  "title": "Summer Box Office Breaks All-Time Record With $4.67 Billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/summer-box-office-breaks-all-time-record-with-4-67-billion",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-07T18:10:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/summer-box-office-breaks-all-time-record-1236854175/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Need proof the movies are really, truly back? The summer box office was already the biggest since COVID upended the industry in 2020 — and now the season has become the highest-grossing of all time. Domestic ticket sales from May 1 through Labor Day on Sept. 7 stand at $4.76 billion, according to Rentrak. Revenues […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Summer U.S. Box Office Hits All-Time $4.76B Record: How Audiences Surrendered To Moviegoing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/summer-u-s-box-office-hits-all-time-4-76b-record-how-audiences",
        "published": "2026-09-07T16:46:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}