Summer doesn’t officially start until June 21 but that doesn’t stop theaters, which launch the summer movie season in May.<\/p>\n
We’re about one-third of the way through the 18-week corridor \u2014 which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day \u2014 that remains the industry’s most important, accounting for around 40% of the year’s box office, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
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