Even With Spidey Help, U.S. Box Office Still Lags 60 Percent Behind 2019 At $4.5 Billion

'Spider-Man: No Way Home' had a very good year. The rest of the films released in U.S. theaters in 2021 not so much. They grossed only $4.5 billion, 60 percent less than the industry's last good year in 2019, but about double a very bad 2020.