Hollywood sets a record for summer box office in the United States | Beginner Spanish class Nº058

Today's story: Hollywood sets a record for summer box office in the United States. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in Spanish: Hollywood bate un récord de taquilla de verano en Estados Unidos

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:33) Three more stories today

(01:42) Today's headline, slowly

(02:33) Reaching

(03:21) There was

(04:08) Past states

(05:05) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-10

TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT

Hollywood bate un récord de taquilla de verano en Estados Unidos

La taquilla de verano en Estados Unidos llegó a 4.760 millones de dólares.

La temporada fue muy larga.

Hubo una semana más de ventas.

El verano de 2026 quedó casi un 10% por encima de 2019.

El récord anterior era de 2013.

ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

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- vocabulary (fue)

- vocabulary (Hubo)

- vocabulary (quedó)

- vocabulary (era)

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