After a terrible start to 2025, “A Minecraft Movie” has been a huge boon for the country’s movie theater operators. Two weekends ago, box office revenues were nearly 11% behind last year and 40% behind 2019, according to Comscore. Now the gap has shrunk to 0.5% ahead of 2024, though still 31% behind 2019. Hollywood is looking at upcoming releases like Ryan Coogler’s R-rated “Sinners,” Marvel’s “Thunderbolts,” Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” and Disney

Godzilla vs. Kong (Courtesy of Warner Bros.) While nearly every movie has been delayed in wake of the pandemic, Warner Bros. has taken...