How Hollywood scored a near-record box office this summer

With Labor Day upon us, it’s time to shut the door on the 2016 summer movie season.
Though there were some major hits that helped the North American box office rake in $4.5 billion (according to comScore, via The Hollywood Reporter), it will be best remembered for the bombs that were scattered throughout the season.
That's the second-best earning for a summer movie season ever, just behind 2013’s $4.8 billion (and 1 percent over last year’s), but looking back, the summer had th