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Theatres look to Bond and Black Widow to spark 2021 moviegoing

Movie theatre operators, after a year of dismal ticket sales during the pandemic, are hoping a line-up of superheroes, fighter pilots and cinema’s most famous spy will help them stage a comeback in 2021. Roughly two-thirds of theatres remain shut in the United States and Canada, normally the world’s largest film market. Box office receipts in 2020 plunged 80 per cent from a year earlier. But theatre owners and industry analysts see reason for optimism as COVID-19 vaccines roll out and James Bond, Black Widow and other heroes star in new blockbusters set to begin lighting up screens in the...

Box office receipts in 2020 plunged 80% from a year earlier.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 1 — Movie theatre operators, after a year of dismal ticket sales during the pandemic, are hoping a lineup of superheroes, fighter pilots and cinema’s most famous spy will help them stage a comeback in 2021. Roughly two-thirds of theatres remain shut in the United States and...

Theaters look to Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow to spark 2021 moviegoing By Friday Jan 01, 2021 Movie theater operators, after a year of dismal ticket sales during the pandemic, are hoping a lineup of superheroes, fighter pilots and cinema’s most famous spy will help them stage a comeback in 2021. Roughly two-thirds of theaters remain shut in the United States and Canada, normally the world’s largest film market. Box office receipts in 2020 plunged 80% from a year earlier. But theater owners and industry analysts see reason for optimism as COVID-19 vaccines roll out and James Bond, Bl...