But more importantly, the movie throws a light on — and is saddled with the expectations of — a much larger theatrical business. “Die” will try to kick-start a onetime $43 billion global industry that, after a year of shutdowns and six months of erratic attendance, has been whipped and pushed to the brink with a ferocity that Blofeld himself couldn’t imagine. The fourth quarter that begins this weekend will bring a wide range of releases exclusively to theaters: comedies, horror pictures, dramas, thrillers, musicals, tales of comic-book superheroism (including Sony’s Marvel sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” on Friday in the United States).
