As for exactly why Tom And Jerry was able to hit so well, there is no big, specific answer, but there are some tiny ones that help explain it. For starters, thanks to the vaccine rollout things are starting to improve in regards to the pandemic, and it’s possible that the good news (including theater reopenings in New York City next month) is giving people more confidence to see a film at their local cinema. One also can’t ignore the constant and powerful draw that every family movie has on the big screen (The Croods: A New Age is another title that had one of the best mid-pandemic openings, pulling in $9.7 million in November 2020).
