Memphis As Usual: The stuff dreams are made of

In MBJ’s Jan. 8 cover story, I took a look behind the scenes at Malco Theatres as it fights to survive the pandemic storm and entertainment industry turmoil. Even having watched closely the damage wrought by COVID on Hollywood, I was still shocked while researching the story by how bad things truly were. In week 12 of 2019 (March 22-28), the domestic box office grossed $204.1 million, led by $94.6 million earned from the debut of uncanny, instant horror classic, “Us.” The same week a year…