Industry results have been trending down since Thanksgiving, and were not helped much by the soft opening of WEST SIDE STORY on 12/10. The 49th film week of the year (ending on December 16th) produced only 39% of the same week in 2019. The most recent four-week run rate dropped down to 48% of the same period of 2019. Pre-SPIDER-MAN, results from the fourth quarter of 2021 had dipped to 63% of the same quarter in 2019. After fifty weeks, the year-to-date performance is stuck at 36% of 2019 returns. Of course, the record-breaking opening of SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME will reverse this downward trend and give exhibition a much-needed boost to finish out the year. What’s more, additional reinforcements arrive this Wednesday when SING 2, THE MATRIX RESSURECTIONS and THE KING’S MAN open on 12/22.