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CHESTER - Movie lovers finally were able to check out Cinema Cafe which opened on Friday in Chesterfield County.
On a non-pandemic day, 1200 people could occupy the new dine-in theater, however, with Governor Northam s COVID-19 restrictions in place, the occupancy can not exceed 250 at one time, according to owner Michael Ogden.
Four hundred people made their way to Bermuda Crossroads Shopping Center situated off of Route 301 in Chester to watch a flick. Normally, we would have 2000 or more. It s a pandemic, and we re under strict rules with the seat count, said Odgen. I think we did really well with the limited capacity even though we did not get to the number that we wanted to reach within the restrictions.
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“I spent my life trying to reduce the brain to a series of electrical impulses. I failed. Human emotion, it can contain illogical conflict. Can love someone, and yet hate the things that they’ve done. Machine can’t reconcile that.” –
Max Waters, “
,” Alcon Entertainment, 2014
A while back, we watched an African wildlife documentary and one of the highlights was the annual Wildebeest Migration – gnu and zebra going from one grazing ground to another across a croc-infested river.
We recalled it when we read a wide-ranging interview in THR with Ann Sarnoff, Warner CEO, when she recounted that she had watched
The Region s movie theaters have been reeling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that s caused moviegoers to stay home and Hollywood studios to put off big releases they ve often invested hundreds of millions of dollars in.
GQT Portage 16 IMAX + GDX and Hoosier Theatre in Whiting have remained closed since COVID-19 spread around the world in March. Most of the Region s multiplexes reopened in August but have had a rough go of it.
Parking lots once packed with cars have become largely vacant seas of asphalt. So few people have been going to the movies that AMC Schererville 12, AMC Classic Hobart 12, AMC Classic Michigan City 14 and Cinemark at Valparaiso are operating on reduced three-day schedules, only open on the weekends. The only multiplex in Northwest Indiana still open during the week â AMC Schererville â is no longer showing matinees during the day on weekdays, limiting most screenings to the evenings.
WarnerMedia Stands to Lose $1.2B in Box Office by Releasing Movies on HBO Max
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WarnerMedia Stands to Lose $1.2B in Box Office by Releasing Movies on HBO Max
With movies like Wonder Woman 1984 and Dune going to HBO Max, millions in box office revenue is going out the window.
Hollywood is still reeling from WarnerMedia s big announcement last week, with all of the studio s 2021 movies heading to HBO Max on the same day they re released in theaters. There is much to unpack with the unprecedented move but the financial ramifications are of particular importance. Case in point, a new report suggests that the studio is leaving
Movie theaters struggle to survive while streaming services attract attention
A number of movie theaters are struggling to survive during the pandemic.
HOUSTON - Texas Senator John Cornyn s effort to provide relief money for live-performance venues, and movie theaters, is included in a larger Covid relief package being considered in Washington.
The Save Our Stages Act asks for $15 billion dollars to help the struggling businesses and tens of thousands of employees, but some consumers are already turning elsewhere.
Warner Brothers Pictures announced that it will release its new Wonder Woman film, along with its entire slate of 2021 films, simultaneously in theaters and its HBO Max streaming service is a sign of difficult times for theaters and studios.