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Rave James Bond Reviews Raise Hopes for Moviegoing Revival

  • Vue CEO says sold 200,000 advance tickets to spy thriller
  • Sees audiences back to pre-pandemic levels with Bond release

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Rave reviews for the long-delayed James Bond movie “No Time to Die” could finally entice people away from Netflix and into theaters.

Timing can dictate the success or failure of a big-budget release, and the industry has struggled to maintain the suspense around a film that was originally supposed to run in April last year.