Organizers moved to a registration-only sale to stop bulk buying. About 340,000 people registered for 62,000 tickets, and the tickets still ended up on resale sites.
Four major services have increased prices this year while reducing the number of titles available. Churn is at a record, and a growing share of subscribers now cycle in and out around single shows.
Total gross rose 6% on 22% fewer wide releases. Cinema operators say the concentration is the problem: a full house in July does not pay for an empty room in June.
The format that defined the genre for sixty years is being replaced with a longer interview and a shorter run time, after producers found that almost nobody watches the opening live.
The film follows one family through a foreclosure, two moves and a return. The director gave the family final approval over the cut — an arrangement that would disqualify the film from some competitions.