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Movies that were originally planned solely for movie theaters were pushed onto streaming or VOD — sometimes in tandem with their eventual theatrical release, sometimes instead of — to accommodate government restrictions and low theater turnout.

Here is where we left some of the key characters as “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” arrives in theaters Sept. 12.

After the pandemic, the studio model that once allowed new tentpole films to be released in theaters virtually every week of the year was hobbled.

Stitch, Superman and a flock of creepy children drew audiences to movie theaters this summer, but it wasn’t enough to jolt box office revenue past even the dreary levels reached last year.

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