CinemaCon 2024 Champions Cinema's Resilience, Calls for Diverse Film Slate

Industry leaders gather to discuss the future of cinema, highlighting recent successes and the challenge of digital piracy.

CinemaCon 2024 highlights the motion picture industry's resilience and optimism, despite recent challenges including a box office slump and the impact of Hollywood strikes.
Global box office revenue is expected to reach $32 billion in 2024, with recent successes like 'Dune: Part Two' and 'Kung Fu Panda 4' signaling a rebound.
Exhibitors call for a diverse film slate, emphasizing the need for more movies of all sizes to ensure the industry's health.
Concerns about digital piracy are raised, with calls for Congress to enact site-blocking legislation to protect the movie industry.
The rise of anime as a cultural and economic force is noted, with Crunchyroll projecting the global anime business to generate $37 billion next year.