Lessons From Hollywood’s Best Year Since 2019
THE SO WHAT
Studios having their best year since 2019 while wrestling with streaming economics and AI labor fights is a reminder that distribution experiments haven’t killed the theatrical hit machine. For content and IP operators, the durable pattern is diversified windows and formats, not a single ‘all-streaming’ or ‘all-theatrical’ bet.
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