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£1:83, though it seems the market may have got wind of the 195% certain takeover happening this afternoon so who knows where SP might be by lunchtime.

Yes smallT, the cine debt is still there and still weighs in its share price.
Anyone thinking the same company with no debt wouldn't have higher share price is deluding themselves.

Only the last two days has the SP closed lower than today since mid Feb so it's not quiet celebration the yet.

Happy to see some recovery of previous day's losses all the same.
:-)
Business really is now at/around the point things can/should change positively at pace.

Some of them were describing you/your relationships sammy.

Not usually what's meant by "having wood"

To help the recovery wagon in July we have movies expected to do decent Box Office including:
Black Widow
Boss Baby 2
The Forever Purge
Space Jam
Escape Room
Old
Snake Eyes
Jungle Cruise
Stillwater

Hmmm it's a coin flip in my head between your good self and me.

Though on balance I think I go with you.

Not always good to come first sammy ;-)

Bullsbears source noted in MoneyP1t initial post:

Box Office Mojo

MoneyP1t,
Important part is your guesstimate was a realistic one :-)
Yes progress is starting to ramp up now as we hoped and would expect.
July now should give is the next insight as to jist how quickly we can close that gap.
Forwards we roll :-)

https://deadline.com/2021/06/f9-boss-baby-family-business-forever-purge-universal-owns-july-4th-weekend-box-office-1234783750/

Am bad, sorry was too easy that one (and yes also unnecessary)

Always doing a bit in the background Bonkers, like few of is on here.

Maybe it's having sold at 124, talked the SP down to 76 and bought back in I can move from deramper/fork tongue to ramper good guy again ;-)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/f9-black-widow-box-office-recovery-patience-1234975366/

Starting from zero it was always going to be a record after record sort of restart.
FF9 outdid QP11 and I and the industry have little doubt Black Widow will take it from FF9 (even with this covid period trial of simultaneous release).

Good note also from AMC on numbers coming back growing as time passed, again as expected and few of us have said previously on here.

Link:
https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/black-widow-may-outdo-f-9-as-streaming-turns-box-office-into-wild-west-181826549.html#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16250862208080&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

How fast and how far can stock recover.
Well you noted June as c. 1/3 of what it was against 2019, right!?

Anyone that hasn't slept the last year and half knows where we are.
Anyone invested here should know when our cinemas started to reopen, when we had all open and what restrictions have been etc.
So assuming everyone knows this it's fair to say the business has been/is going through a rapid change in circumstances, as is the industry as it reawakens and starts to gather pace.

So back to your 1/3 comparison.
How about weekend just gone as most recent picture in the recover stage!?

$98,655,098 v $151,841,074 for the comparitive 2019 weekend.

FF 9 this year / Toy Story 4 for 2019
This number shows industry move from 1/3 for month to 65% (c. 2/3) for most recent recorded period.

Trend line going right way and currently suggests at some pace (noted a way to go yet).
I do expect a marked further improvement next month and for some yet.

Anyone wishing to note this and revisit then I am happy to be held to account on this.

Just as LPD was wrong to predict 550 - 600m (and potentially more) for June, you are wrong to say it was 300m for June Lhall ;-)
Re-opening is in its VERY early stages.
I fully expect higher box office in coming months and more releases.
Confidence grows in public going, theatres being open fully and studios confidence seeing some decent box office numbers from the movies already released and so the spiral goes on (as it did in reverse when all went to ****).

The unknown is how far the growth goes and how quickly/slowly.
Only the gypsie crystal ball reader and Jordan knows that at this stage ;-)

May to June near doubled ;-)
We can all play with numbers.
Time answers most things :-)
As I said let's review in say 3, 6 and 12 months :-)

How many guesses do I get Spartacus?
I have lost full bag of jelly tots to this fall.

So in a very weak attempt to paint picture you wanted you rounded up (wrongly) in precovid numbers and rounded down (wrongly) in post covid (so far) figures.

That's interesting eh ;-)

I would say it's too early to draw any strong conclusions.
There is a way to go yet, but month on month that's strong growth.
June is the first month most of theatres open in USA and not until nearer end of this month were many restrictions being lifted.
It will grow the next few months, I have no doubt of that (happy to review in 3, 6, 12 months)
How much it will grow back none of us know.