Asia is dominating the box office, and the U.S. could too, if it handled the pandemic better

Moviegoers wear face masks in a screening hall at a cinema almost six months after its closure due to the coronavirus pandemic on July 24, 2020 in Beijing, China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images In a year marred by a deadly global pandemic, Japan’s box office set a new record. An animated film based on a popular manga called “Demon Slayer” became the highest-grossing film in the country’s history, surpassing the record held by Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” in 2001. It has sold more than…