The Return to Cinema: Movie Theaters Are Finally Reopening

What to Listen For

• [00:01:17] Movie theaters are opening again.
• [00:02:49] Cineplex already has 80% of their theaters open.
• [00:03:12] AMC theaters open with special Centennial pricing.
• [00:03:33:] Big reopenings for big theater chains. 
• [00:04:25] Redding International: the ups and downs of reopening and closing their theaters.
• [00:06:17] Recent New Zealand COVID outbreak.
• [00:07:02] Cinema chains in the US are launching their own streaming VOD platforms.
• [00:08:37] Independent art house exhibitors banded together to show films with technology cinema. 
• [00:10:44] Cinemas in New York and New Jersey still aren't opening.
• [00:14:03] What are considered essential when it comes to businesses reopening?
• [00:16:16] The potential second shutdown of cinemas in any region.
• [00:17:36] Films showing in Canada: domestic film in Quebec, Russell Crowe's Unhinged, and Paramount's SpongeBob.
• [00:19:05] Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's Stone re-release opened with $13.6 million in China.
• [00:20:59] Re-release of Inception in 15 screens in Saudi Arabia (for a limited basis) grossed $186,000.
• [00:22:05] The unexpected well-received Greenland film in the international box office.
• [00:23:48] Gerard Butler might be our new Alfred Hitchcock. 
• [00:25:22] The roles domestic titles will have in the market.
• [00:27:34] Audience engagement campaigns pop up to save adversely affected cinemas. 
• [00:29:20] One interesting engagement campaign happened in Japan.