NEW YORK — Still haven’t seen “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”? This Sunday, you’ll be capable of catch up for $4 a ticket in film theaters nationwide.

Theater house owners introduced Monday that the second annual National Cinema Day will likely be held Sunday, Aug. 27. For someday, all films — in all codecs and in any respect showtimes — will likely be $4 at collaborating theaters. More than 3,000 theaters are collaborating, which accounts for a lot of the cinemas within the U.S., together with the main chains AMC and Regal.

It’s the second straight yr theaters are trotting out the one-day occasion on the tail finish of summer season. Last yr’s inaugural National Cinema Day, placed on by the Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Association of Theater Owners, was judged an unlimited success. An estimated 8.1 million moviegoers purchased $3 tickets on Saturday, Sept. 3. The common film ticket in 2022, in keeping with NATO, value $10.53.

The low cost gimmick became the best attended day of the yr for theaters. A usually quiet time as a substitute noticed cinemas crowded with moviegoers — and theaters bought loads of popcorn. This yr, the day is shifting up barely on the calendar, shifting from Saturday to Sunday, and prices $1 extra.

But due to remarkably sustained curiosity in “Barbie,” in addition to in “Oppenheimer,” the August field workplace has been booming. The summer season field workplace is as much as $3.8 billion in ticket gross sales by means of Sunday, in keeping with knowledge agency Comscore — about 16.6% forward of 2022 on the identical level.

While final yr’s Cinema Day had pretty paltry choices ( “Top Gun: Maverick” was the highest draw, greater than two months after it opened), this yr’s will function “Barbie” in its fifth week. Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking movie has made $1.28 billion worldwide. There’s additionally Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” ($717.8 million globally), the second week of the DC Comics movie “Blue Beetle” and new releases “Gran Turismo,” “Golda,” “Bottoms” and “Retribution.”

The occasion can also be a approach for studios to promote audiences on their fall lineups. A sneak peek of anticipated autumn releases will play earlier than every screening.

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