'F9' opens with the biggest U.S. box office since 2019, a huge win for theaters

I told you at the end of May that F9: The Fast Saga's U.S. release would be a major test for the "post"-pandemic box office. Well, it was exactly that, with theater proprietors and Universal Pictures looking like the big winners.

F9 posted an estimated $70 million at the U.S. box office during its opening weekend, starting...