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New York cinema reopens set to slow film delays

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4 years ago

February 27, 2021

Theaters in New York State, United States, will reopen from March 5 with limited capacity.

With the announcement, the National Association of Movie Owners of the United States said the wave of film postponements will stop and some studios may even bring their premieres forward.

“New York is a giant market for moviegoers in the United States, the reopening there gives confidence to film distributors to establish and maintain their release dates,” he said.

Governor Andrew Cuomo assured that the administrators of several establishments take all security measures in partnership with the authorities.

“New York theaters will be aligned with the rest of the state: 25% capacity; no more than 50 people per session; masks; designated seats; social distancing; team to control occupancy, no food during sessions Premises should meet improved standards for filtration, ventilation and air purification specified by the Department of Health. “

Together with Los Angeles, New York is one of the largest film markets in the world and is a great sign for studios and distributors.

So much so that many studios have only postponed their big-screen debuts because both regions were stranded for most of last year.

The two areas represent the two largest box office markets in the United States and without them the films do not have much of a chance of financial success, proof of this is the modest number of “Tenets” and ” Wonder Woman ”.

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The first raised $ 363.7 million over four months, on a budget of $ 200 million.

The sequel with Gal Gadot was budgeted at the same amount and only grossed $ 159.4 million, making it the latest failure among DC Comics adaptations.

Now, with the reopening, that could be the light at the end of the tunnel for the film industry to begin to recover after more than a year of financial collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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