With everyone stuck at home in 2020, obviously movies and sports were going to take a hit. But you know what everyone WAS doing?
In 2019, the movie industry made $100 billion for the first time, buoyed by big releases like The Lion King, Frozen II, Star Wars: Episode IX and Avengers: Endgame (man, Disney just keeps cleaning up). That was impressive, but obviously, revenues plummeted in 2020 as theaters around the world closed thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, with Variety estimating that the film industry could see a 71.5% box office drop this year.
Meanwhile, before COVID, it was estimated that North American sports would bring in $75 billion in 2020. That didn’t happen either. But in that gap, video games stepped up in a big way. Mobile, console and PC gaming has been on the rise for a while anyway, but in 2020, they made $179.7 billion. That’s not just more than…
