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July 1, 2016

Moviegoers to Hollywood: It better be good

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

NEW YORK — As Hollywood girds for a low-key Fourth of July box office weekend and watches its summer season dip 15 percent below last year's, an even more worrisome trend has taken shape: Moviegoers are growing pickier.

Business has never been better for big, crowd-pleasing movies. Disney's acclaimed sequel “Finding Dory” passed $300 million domestically after just 12 days of release — a pace that could make it the highest grossing animated film of all time. Despite a trio of debuts this weekend (”The Legend of Tarzan,” ‘'The BFG,” ‘'The Purge: Election Year”), “Dory” is expected to top the box office for the third straight week.


 
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