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====Modern film industry==== [[Rentrak]] started tracking box office data from point of sale in 2001 and started to rival EDI in providing the studios with data.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Dade|last1=Hayes|first2=Jonathan|last2=Bing|title=Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obsession|url=https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye|url-access=registration|publisher=Miramax Books|year=2004|isbn=1401352006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye/page/288 288]β9}}</ref> In December 2009, Rentrak acquired Nielsen EDI for $15 million, and became the sole provider of worldwide box office ticket sales revenue and attendance information which is used by many of the websites noted above.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/portland-based_rentrak_posts_q.html|title=Portland-based Rentrak posts Q3 loss|last=Gunderson|first=Laura|date=February 8, 2010|work=[[The Oregonian]]|access-date=February 9, 2010|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212065838/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/portland-based_rentrak_posts_q.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/12/rentrak-buys-nielsen-edi-consolidating-box-office-reporting-business.html|title=Rentrak buys Nielsen EDI, consolidating box office reporting business|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 9, 2011|archive-date=March 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318084534/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/12/rentrak-buys-nielsen-edi-consolidating-box-office-reporting-business.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 23, 2019, Box Office Mojo unveiled a dramatic redesign resembling IMDb, and was rebranded as "Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro" with some of the content move to the subscription based IMDbPro.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/box-office-mojo-criticized-after-redesign-that-includes-a-paywall-for-some-data/|title=Box Office Mojo Criticized After Redesign That Includes a Paywall for Some Data|last=Fuster|first=Jeremy|date=October 24, 2019|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024044131/https://www.thewrap.com/box-office-mojo-criticized-after-redesign-that-includes-a-paywall-for-some-data/|url-status=live}}</ref> US box office reporting largely paused for the first time in 26 years in March 2020, as nearly all theaters nationwide were closed because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-hit-zero-first-time-1285879|title=Reporter's Notebook: The Weekend When Box Office Hit Zero for the First Time|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=23 March 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2020-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325034246/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-hit-zero-first-time-1285879|url-status=live}}</ref> Only [[drive-in theater]]s, which are typically not included in box office reporting, remained open.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/box-office-zero-coronavirus-covid-19/|title=Weekend Box Office Hits Zero for the First Time in 26 Years|date=2020-03-23|website=Movieweb|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2020-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325103213/https://movieweb.com/box-office-zero-coronavirus-covid-19/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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