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Once they were gone, Carr made her final touches for the night’s silent reading party: laying cushions in store corners and scattering toy mice across the floor.

But those with less of a savings cushion are poised to be hit particularly hard by tariffs, he added.

Others look at it as a way to cushion theaters’ thin movie slates, which have not recovered from the pandemic.

It comes amid lower revenues from tariffs and other financial challenges, likely leaving officials "shaking every couch cushion loose for change", said Ms Surkes.

"You might as well just sit on a settee cushion and hope for the best."