- The U.S. box office is in pretty good shape heading into a blockbuster-packed Q4.
- The YTD tally of $8.165B through September 27 is 6.2% higher than where exhibitors stood in 2014, and beats the pace of all years since 2010 in gross dollars.
- In-theater spending is also believed to be higher than a year ago off a higher mix of premium theaters.
- Related stocks: CKEC, AMC, CNK, RLD, IMAX, RDI, MCS.