Personal anecdote: we’ve been going to movies regularly as a family since around 2022. The theatre is always empty, and I worry about how they will continue business. One of our two local theatres closed, so we’re down to one, and it hasn’t been busy at all, ever.
We went last night to Zootopia 2, and the parking lot was packed, which I’ve never seen there. It seemed to be showing on at least half of their screens. Caveat: it was right after Thanksgiving, and we had a lot of snow. But it was still good to see. The movie was great. I was actually invested in the plot.