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Plano-based Cinemark sets all-time record for domestic box office in May
Sean Gamble said audiences showed up across blockbusters and smaller titles, helping drive strong concession spending and Cinemark’s best May results ever.
From "Michael" to "The Devil Wears Prada 2," massive audience turnout just pushed Plano-based Cinemark to its biggest domestic May box office in history.
Thanks to its flamboyant attendance over its first three weeks, the fifth month of the year reached a level similar to the pre-Covid average. With 14.97 million (M) of admissions in May 2026, the cinemas achieved their second best post-Covid result over the period after the historic May 2024. They thus ahead of the performances of 2025 (11.2 M, +33 %), 2023 (13.8 M, +8.8 %) and 2022 (11.2 M, +34%), and even the average 2017-2019 (+5.9%). The res…