Studios, Theaters Face Shrinking 2024 Box Office Due to Strikes

December 19, 2023, 6:02 PM UTC

The actor and writer strikes that brought Hollywood to a halt for months this summer will result in fewer films in 2024 and an 11% drop in North American ticket sales.

Data tracker Gower Street Analytics on Tuesday predicted 2024 revenue of $8 billion, down from an estimated $9 billion this year. Global ticket sales will total $31.5 billion next year, a 5.7% decline, the firm predicts.

Gower Street’s global forecast for 2024 sees the year ending with ticket sales down about 20% from the average of the last three years — before the pandemic upended moviegoing. That will ...

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