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With No Time to Die, Black Widow, and Wonder Woman 1984 being further delayed due to COVID, news rolled in on Friday about an expected partial shutdown of the second largest theater chain in the U.S., Regal.
Per Deadline, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, which made $2.7 million in its sixth weekend for a cumulative $45.1 million domestic total, had a 12-week booking at most theaters – and now Regal is temporarily closing 115 of its “300-400” currently open theaters, with 65 closing down temporarily starting Monday and another 50 keeping weekend hours.
It’s not known at this moment if Regal will wind up closing all its locations as the ones being affected right now are the lesser-performing sites. Reporting further, Deadline says that if Regal closes down fully it will be an “18% blow to the domestic box office.”
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Right now, Cineworld/Regal hasn’t stated anything publicly. Yet still, the pushing back of No Time to Die also has Cineworld considering shutting down, possibly indefinitely, all its screen in the U.K. and Ireland. Cineworld is the U.K.’s biggest cinema operator.
If you’ve seen Tenet, check out our Tenet review along with this explainer of Tenet’s mind-blowing ending.
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Source: IGN.com Tenet Reaches M Domestic Take Ahead of Expected Mass Theater Shutdowns