Hollywood Predicts Record Summer at Box Office

New York Post: Hollywood studio executives have franchise fever. With several solid gold franchise films set to hit the big screen this summer — including “Jurassic World,” “Minions” and “Terminator Genisys” — cinema soothsayers are projecting the U.S. summertime box office could top $5 billion for the first time. But while industry analysts see a healthy business, some Wall Street analysts are less bullish: “We remain concerned about studio clustering in the big-budget franchise corner of the film space, particularly given our belief that overall box office is in secular decline.”