Box Office

UPDATED, Friday midday: Don’t blame the recent 50% caps that big chains AMC and Regal just put on their auditorium capacity, but according to estimates it appears some hesitation by moviegoers is setting in at the weekend box office. Not to mention that the fresh product on the marquee largely wasn’t ever going to…

We just got word that Regal Cinemas is the next biggest chain stateside to enforce a reduced auditorium capacity size of 50% where applicable and “with state mandates on social gatherings” says the exhibitor. AMC just recently announced a similar policy. Of the distribution bosses we’ve spoken to, we hear that they…

Updated: As the first big movie theater chain to publically address the coronavirus situation in the U.S., AMC Theatres announced today that they’re reducing capacity in each of their auditoriums by at least 50% starting tomorrow Saturday, March 14 and continuing until April 30, 2020. As the largest theater chain in…

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced new measures to control the spread of the coronavirus with gatherings of more than 100 people forbidden for the foreseeable future. This is down from the previous 1,000 person limit and follows President Emmanuel Macron's speech last night which stipulated that all…

Despite a handful of films postponing their release dates as a precautionary measure in the wake of the coronavirus, the specialty box office is persevering and hoping that arthouse audience will come through. Last week, A24’s First Cow?delivered a career-high opening for Kelly Reichardt — but that was before the…

EXCLUSIVE: If exhibition couldn’t be further beaten down more today, Disney has just moved Mulan?(March 27), 20th Century Studios/Marvel’s The New Mutants (April 3) and Searchlight’s horror pic Antlers?(April 17) off the release schedule. Disney says that it’s looking at potential 2020 dates in regards to where the…

UPDATE, with Ticketmaster, TodayTix and TKTS policies Telecharge, the service that bills itself as the official ticketing site for Broadway and Off Broadway, and rival service Ticketmaster will automatically refund Broadway tickets purchased for performances between today and April 12. The tickets will be refunded…

Not just one Paramount movie is getting postponed this morning, but we heard that the studio’s April 3 action comedy The Lovebirds?is also shifting following today’s big news that A Quiet Place Part II?is not opening on Friday, March 20. Like a?Quiet Place 2, Lovebirds’?release date is also unset. Movie theaters…

We informed you prior this was a possibility and now Universal’s?F9?is also shifting its May 22 global day and date release as the world becomes embattled by the coronavirus outbreak. F9 will now open on Easter weekend April 2, 2021.? Universal had already reserved that date for Fast & Furious 10. The news was…

UPDATE 8:18AM: Paramount has confirmed our earlier scoop that the studio is delaying A Quiet Place II due to the coronavirus. Here’s the official statement: “After much consideration, and in light of the ongoing and developing situation concerning coronavirus and restrictions on global travel and public gatherings…

Regal Entertainment owner Cineworld Group reported solid preliminary results for the full year ended December 31, 2019 this morning in London. But focus was primarily on the potential impact from the coronavirus on the world’s second largest exhibitor. So far it has been "minimal," but the "uncertainty of the future&#8221…

If predicting box office openings wasn’t worse enough for the industry, the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. has studios and exhibition at the edge of their seats as concerns swell about how bad the impact might be. This weekend’s wide entries — Sony’s Vin Diesel movie?Bloodshot, ?Lionsgate-Kingdom Story’s faith-based…