the cannes film festival

It has been a good year for movies. Not a great year for movie theatres, though. In 2019, the last year in which box office returns were unaffected by the pandemic, U.S. theatres banked $US11.4 (A$15.9) billion in ticket sales. Last year, that lofty total dropped to $US2.2 (A$3.07) billion (for context, Avengers: Endgame alone…