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Regal Cinemas To Reopen In April After Warner Bros. Strikes Deal For Theatrical Exclusivity In 2022

March 23, 2021 12:57 pm

The last major theater chain holdout has scheduled its reopening date, as Cineworld’s Regal Cinemas has announced (via THR) that select theaters will open its doors on April 2, just in time for Warner Bros.’ “...

AMC & Regal Cinemas Respond To WarnerMedia’s HBO Max Release Strategy

Charles Barfield

December 5, 2020 10:00 am

News

A metaphorical bomb was dropped yesterday in the world of the film industry. Though the bomb was not a real explosive, there has already been significant real-world damage to theater chains such as AMC Theatre...

Cineworld CEO Confirms Regal Will Be Shut Down Until 2021 As Company Secures Some Additional Funding

Charles Barfield

November 23, 2020 11:07 am

Box Office, News

Regal Cinemas, in the US at least, is closed down completely, right now. That’s hundreds of locations around the country with their doors locked and no movies playing on its various massive screens. To the lay...

Regal Shuts Down Remaining Theaters In The US But IMAX CEO Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Is A “Game Changer”

Charles Barfield

November 10, 2020 1:52 pm

Box Office, News

Remember last month when Cineworld, the parent company behind Regal Cinemas, announced that it would be closing the bulk of its theaters in the US and the UK? At the time, the reason was the fact that New York...

AMC Will Stay Open Despite Regal Closings & Credits “Groundbreaking” Deal With Universal As The Reason

Charles Barfield

October 6, 2020 10:58 am

Box Office, News

With yesterday’s confirmation from Cineworld, the parent company of Regal Cinemas, that the company would be closing all of its US and UK movie theaters “until further notice,” film fans (and box office analys...

Wonder Woman 1984 Dune Soul Theaters Delays

Analyst Says Studios Have To Be “Willing To Take A Hit” For Theaters To Survive

Charles Barfield

October 5, 2020 11:44 am

Box Office, News

As the business week begins today, we’re already seeing massive financial implications from the news of “No Time to Die” being delayed and Cineworld shutting down its US and UK cinemas. And according to a new ...

Cineworld CEO Blames NY Governor’s “Inflexibility” For Causing Company To Shut Down U.S. & U.K. Theaters Again

Charles Barfield

October 5, 2020 10:12 am

Box Office, News

The fallout of the “No Time to Die” delay has had an absolutely massive effect on the future of the theatrical business. Not only is it likely that other films will move out of 2020 and take their chances in 2...

Regal Cinemas’ Parent Company Reports Losses Of $1.6B & Warns Of “No Certainty” Ahead

Charles Barfield

September 24, 2020 11:38 am

Box Office, News

Cinemas around the world are in trouble. I know, I know, this is shocking, right? Well, the truth is that with each passing quarter, the financial disclosures from the large cinema chains are getting more and ...

Just How Safe Are NATO’s “CinemaSafe” Health & Safety Protocols? We Asked Health Experts To Review The Risks

Jason Bailey

August 27, 2020 3:07 pm

Box Office, Essays, Features, News

“Our main message now to our customers is: Come back to the cinemas that you love, because they are safe and they are waiting for you.” So said Mooky Greidinger, CEO of Cineworld, during a virtual press confer...

Cineworld CEO Is “Encouraged” By The Weekend’s Box Office & Says People Are “Eager” To Return To Cinemas

Charles Barfield

August 25, 2020 3:20 pm

Box Office, News

Last weekend, AMC, Regal, and many other cinemas reopened for the first time in five months, since they were all shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And while the box office numbers weren’t what you would ...

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