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Summer Blockbuster Season Is Lost: What About the Rest of 2020?
To salvage some sort of revenue, Hollywood may have to try a release strategy that’s never been tried before
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Disney Removes ‘Mulan’ From Slate, Pushes ‘Avatar’ and ‘Star Wars’ Films Back One Year
“It’s become clear that nothing can be set in stone,” studio says in statement
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AMC Shifts Theater Reopening Schedule After ‘Mulan,’ ‘Tenet’ Move
Reopening of largest American theater chain will coincide with blockbusters’ moves to August
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How Andrew Cuomo Could Undo Hollywood’s Theater Reopening Plans
New York governor is holding off on plans to reopen movie theaters, which could close off a major market that blockbusters need for box office success
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AMC Theaters to Reopen Starting July 15 With COVID-19 Safety Measures
All locations are planned to reopen by July 24, with customers strongly encouraged but not required to wear masks unless mandated by officials
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Inside Studios’ Scramble to Set Movie Release Dates Mid-Pandemic: ‘There Are No Rules’
“Every day is just us reacting,” one studio marketing head says
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Despite ‘Tenet’ Move and Surge of Infections, Movie Theaters Press Ahead With Reopening
“At some point, things have to reopen, and a lot of theaters can’t wait for much longer,” Boxoffice analyst Shawn Robbins says
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’: 3 Big Challenges for Warner Bros’ $200 Million Gamble
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing WB to release Nolan’s original blockbuster in uncharted territory
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‘Capone’ With Tom Hardy Earns $2.5 Million on VOD in First 10 Days
Josh Trank directed the film released digitally by Vertical Entertainment on May 12
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30 Highest Grossing Animated Movies of All Time Worldwide
Cartoon characters that cleaned up at the global box office, from “The Lion King” to “Incredibles 2”
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How Texas’ Reopened Movie Theaters Suggest a Post-Pandemic Future | Video
“We wanted to make it so that the moment you walked in to the moment you reached your seats, you didn’t have to touch anything,” Santikos CEO Tim Handren says
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Are AMC Theatres and Universal Really Headed to All-Out War Over On-Demand Releases?
Analysts warn that blocking tentpole films from theaters to defend day-and-date won’t do theaters or studios much good
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AMC Theatres Won’t Book Universal Movies Anymore After ‘Trolls World Tour’ VOD Release
The move comes after the NBCUniversal CEO made comments about the success of the animated film on premium video on demand
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Game-Changer: ‘Trolls World Tour’ Digital Success Pits Universal Against Movie Theaters
“Trolls” may signal the start of big changes to the theatrical model, but AMC’s blacklist of Universal shows that movie theaters won’t take it lying down
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Florida Movie Theater Chain CMX Files for Bankruptcy, Citing COVID-19 Closures
Chain warns that the movie theater industry needs an “economic rebalancing” to survive
