2021 was the year of the war.
While Black Widow and Shang-Chi did well, the real story was the battle between exhibition and streaming. (December) saved the box office. The sheer shock of seeing Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield (despite their vehement denials) was the single loudest audience reaction of the decade. It proved that the "shared event" cinema wasn't dead—it was hibernating. cum4k com 2021