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As coronavirus anxieties skyrocket, will audiences avoid movie theaters?
LA Times via MSN ^ | 3/13/20 | Jen Yamato

Posted on 03/14/2020 1:34:56 PM PDT by Libloather

Things change fast in the time of coronavirus. But as public spaces closed down this week across the country over fears of the viral pandemic, moviegoers were still buying tickets to see the latest new releases, albeit at softer numbers than expected.

Going into the Friday the 13th weekend, audiences will keep last week's box office winner "Onward" at #1 as three new wide-release challengers enter a precarious frame.

The well-reviewed animated adventure will handily win the top slot in its second week according to early industry projections following Friday matinees. Still, the Disney and Pixar title is estimated to see a 55% drop off, and is expected to take in $17.5 million this weekend compared to its $39.1 million opening.

An unpredictable weekend faces the first releases to open stateside following the sharp escalation of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. this week.

In the last several days, many studios took decisive measures to move or postpone their highest-profile spring blockbusters as coronavirus fears mounted stateside, including MGM's Bond film "No Time To Die," Paramount's "A Quiet Place Part II," Universal's "F9" and Disney's "Mulan."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; hollywood; movie; theaters
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Shut them down. For at least six months.
1 posted on 03/14/2020 1:34:56 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Other than some Rifftracks and Fathom Events, I avoid theaters. For about a decade at least.


2 posted on 03/14/2020 1:36:14 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: Libloather

Yes, I’ll wait for the DVD.


3 posted on 03/14/2020 1:36:20 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: Libloather

There was nothing good playing anyway


4 posted on 03/14/2020 1:36:48 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Libloather

I already do avoid movie theatres. And it has nothing to do with coronavirus.


5 posted on 03/14/2020 1:37:00 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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Same.


6 posted on 03/14/2020 1:38:01 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: Libloather

Haven’t been to a movie theater in years....high prices, bad movies, reserved seats at the box office weirdness. No big loss.


7 posted on 03/14/2020 1:38:37 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Libloather

Way ahead of the curve on this one. I don’t need to see a movie right away not to mention there are very few I’d wanna watch anyway. Like the comfort and convenience of my living room. Can’t remember my last theater visit.


8 posted on 03/14/2020 1:39:16 PM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: headstamp 2
Yes, I’ll wait for the DVD.

I waited for the novelization of "Star Wars". I can wait for the novelization of "Porky's II, the Porkening:.

9 posted on 03/14/2020 1:40:23 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: Libloather

If they’re in San Fran and seat over 100, they’re shut down through April anyway.


10 posted on 03/14/2020 1:40:29 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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I don’t go to the theaters anyway, so it won’t bother me if they’re shut down. I’ve been social distancing for more than 20 years, so it’s no big deal to me. Been retired since 2003, and don’t go out unless I absolutely have to. I’ve already got the majority of my doctor appointments, and tests out of the way for the year. Had my teeth cleaned this past Tuesday. I meet my friends at the local casino once a month for a buffet lunch, and to play games. We just went a week ago, and are still healthy. My friends had just come back from a tour of South America and the Galapagos Islands. I’ll visit my oldest son in Albany, NY, next weekend, and will visit my youngest son in Indiana sometime this spring. I prefer staying at home, so my lifestyle won’t be changing in the foreseeable future.


11 posted on 03/14/2020 1:40:37 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Drago

Same here, my family hasn’t been in a theater in ages.


12 posted on 03/14/2020 1:40:38 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Libloather

Post Rottweilers at entrances


13 posted on 03/14/2020 1:41:32 PM PDT by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about humanity)
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To: mass55th

“I prefer staying at home, so my lifestyle won’t be changing in the foreseeable future.”

Likewise...it’s my favorite place to be.


14 posted on 03/14/2020 1:41:52 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Libloather

Theater in small town near me shut down.


15 posted on 03/14/2020 1:43:46 PM PDT by Tammy8
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16 posted on 03/14/2020 1:43:49 PM PDT by Bratch (“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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A lack of decent movies has kept us out of the theater. Last year we would go every two weeks. It’s been months since there was much worth going to.


17 posted on 03/14/2020 1:46:58 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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That’s what I was going to predict, movies that would have been in theaters will go direct to streaming.


18 posted on 03/14/2020 1:47:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

Are they building roads to reroute traffic around them?


19 posted on 03/14/2020 1:47:25 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

I’ve been avoiding movie theaters for years. Not because of viruses — because the movies are crap, the theaters are filthy, and actors are generally loathsome people.


20 posted on 03/14/2020 1:47:41 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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