Receding Attractions — This Week in Film History

Cinema in context · Every week, throughout history

Opening this week in theaters — across the years

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Receding Attractions is a project of Joseph Prichard.

Film data and imagery: The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Historical release data, box office records, and film events sourced from Wikipedia — “List of American films of [year],” “List of [year] box office number-one films in the United States,” and “[Year] in film” articles. Used under CC BY-SA 4.0.