‘Dirty Dancing,’ Religious Dramas and Opera Singers Are Saving the Moviesthedigitalchaps

A homicidal Winnie-the-Pooh. The patriarch behind “Duck Dynasty.” And sopranos from the Metropolitan Opera.

Across the country, theater owners and studio executives are trying to crack the question of what draws moviegoers back to the multiplex. One answer that’s emerged: Stuff they don’t associate with the multiplex.