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It was an Inside Out specialty weekend, fairly quiet and with a stream of indies films and more wide releases. The schedule is starting to recover from a strike-induced slump that, however, provided oxygen to some indies. Small films have been competing for screens with majors at arthouses from Alamo Drafthouse to Landmark since theaters reopened post-Covid and the more of them there are, the harder it is.

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And theaters “don’t have space to support indies in a meaningful way.” Others are heartened by recent wide-release blowouts. “It’s still a tough market.

But I’m encouraged” by Inside Out 2 and Bad Boys: Ride Or Die — nos. 1 and 2 at the weekend box office with, respectively, $155 million and $112 million. “Maybe we have to get mainstream back on its feet after the Covid/strike impact, and slowly rebuild the ecosystem to include successful.

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