LOS ANGELES — As Disney’s pun-filled “Jungle Cruise” demonstrated over the weekend, moviegoing remains disrupted, with the Delta variant, immediate streaming availability and squishy reviews combining to depress ticket sales. The PG-13 “Jungle Cruise,” starring Emily Blunt as a British version of Indiana Jones and Dwayne Johnson as a wisecracking river boat skipper, took in an additional $28 million. “There’s Covid, there’s simultaneous streaming, there’s piracy, there’s the nature of the movies themselves — different factors for each film. Disney said “Jungle Cruise” generated about $30 million from global Disney+ Premium Access sales. To compare, “Black Widow,” the recent Marvel spectacle, collected roughly $60 million over its first three days of availability on Disney+ Premium Access.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2021 20:03 UTC