Ghostbuster: Afterlife-2

Mini Stay Pufts have a bit of sadistic streak in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife." (COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES)

Following a year in which the theatrical movie-going experience was largely gone — due to COVID-19 shutting down cinemas for most of 2020 — movies were back this past year. Sort of.

According to consulting firm Deloitte’s Digital Media Trends 14th edition fall pulse survey, only 18 percent of U.S. consumers surveyed actually went to see a movie in a theater since the pandemic began.

Matrix Resurrections

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss return as Neo and Trinity in "The Matrix Resurrections." (COURTESY OF WARNER BROS.)

11166654 - SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

MJ (Zendaya) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland) jump off a bridge in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." (COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES)

In the Heights

Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera star in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway musical "In the Heights." (COURTESY OF WARNER BROS.)

Tick Tick Boom

Andrew Garfield as playwright Jonathan Larson with director Lin-Manuel Miranda on the set of "Tick, Tick BOOM." (COURTESY OF NETFLIX)

Spencer

Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in "Spencer." (COURTESY OF NEON)

Nobody

From left: RZA, Bob Odenkirk and Christopher Lloyd star in "Nobody." (COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

Free Guy

Ryan Reynolds stars in "Free Guy," one of the only major studio releases of the summer that isn't based on pre-existing intellectual property. (COURTESY OF 20TH CENTURY STUDIO)

Cruella

Emma Stone's Cruella de Vil is part fashion design, part performance artist in Disney's "Cruella." (COURTESY OF DISNEY)

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES-2

Abbi Jacobson as Katie Mitchell in "The Mitchells Vs. the Machine." (COURTESY OF NETFLIX)

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