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How movies theaters are bringing audiences back

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM EDT

People purchase tickets at a movie theater in New York on March 5, 2021. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

There were record-breaking box office sales over the Memorial Day weekend. This is good news for movie theaters, which have been struggling to get audiences back after the pandemic.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Greg Marcus, CEO of Marcus Theaters, about how the summer movie season looks and how he’s working to bring people back to the movies.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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