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Strong box office lifts IMAX, Cinemark.

"The fear that streamers would collapse windows, it looks like that threat is gone. Universal said they are committing to a 45 day window. You are seeing everybody say this industry is still strong." During the pandemic, the existential threat to movie theaters was that studios would release films directly to streaming. With major studios now officially recommitting to exclusive theatrical windows, the business model for theater operators is secure, allowing them to benefit from a recovering box office driven by new, original IP. Long theater operators and premium large-format cinema companies as the structural threat of day-and-date streaming releases evaporates. A severe consumer recession driven by inflation/gas prices could still keep audiences at home, regardless of exclusive theatrical windows.