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Commentators have been musing over how the ‘Harris Hop’ mave have turned into something resembling a ‘flop’.

For every “Wicked,” there is a box-office flop, such as Universal’s “Cats.”

Still, the solid performances of both movies are an early, much-needed holiday gift to the movie theater industry, which has suffered a disappointing autumn thanks to critical and commercial flops such as Warner Bros.’

Following multiple critical and commercial flops, morale is up among exhibitors betting on a strong end to 2024 and start to 2025.

Cable channels have long been a key economic pillar by generating billions of dollars in cable distribution fees that more than covered up the misses when big-budget movies flopped or during advertising recessions.