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Hollywood reporter for the NYT since 2007. Montanan in exile.
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Hollywood's box office boom comes with 248 million missing tickets

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By Brooks Barnes Verified, Christine Zhang
| The San Francisco Examiner Verified
Hollywood's summer -- by its accounting -- was a triumph for the ages. Ticket revenue was not only the highest since 2013, but the second highest of all time. Just don't look too closely at the math. The movie industry ranks box office results by the raw dollar total, without adjusting older figures to account for rising ticket prices. It is the simplest method and, not incidentally, the most flattering.
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Hollywood Visions of A.I.: Friendly, Then Deadly, Then Everywhere

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By Brooks Barnes Verified, Matt Stevens Verified
| The New York Times Verified
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Victor Newman has survived kidnappings, shootings, amnesia, a heart transplant, poisoning, 15 weddings and countless hostile takeovers in his 46 years at the center of “The Young and the Restless.” But even daytime TV’s most indestructible character wasn’t prepared for the latest villain to arrive in Genoa City: a rogue artificial intelligence program.
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Hollywood’s Box Office Boom Comes With 248 Million Missing Tickets

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By Brooks Barnes Verified, Christine Zhang
| The New York Times Verified
Hollywood’s summer — by its accounting — was a triumph for the ages. Ticket revenue was not only the highest since 2013, but the second highest of all time. Just don’t look too closely at the math. The movie industry ranks box office results by the raw dollar total, without adjusting older figures to account for rising ticket prices. It is the simplest method and, not incidentally, the most flattering.
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