Hollywood Strike Clouds 'Barbenheimer' Bump For Movie Stocks

Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild members and supporters on a picket line outside Sony Pictures Entertainment studios in Culver City, California, US on Friday, July 21, 2023. As buzz builds into the premieres of Barbie and Oppenheimer, some on Wall Street are doubting whether the films will be enough to power further gains in movie-theater stocks as a strike by Hollywood writers and actors clouds the outlook for the industry. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images