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."
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Other than some Rifftracks and Fathom Events, I avoid theaters. For about a decade at least.
Yes, I’ll wait for the DVD.
There was nothing good playing anyway
I already do avoid movie theatres. And it has nothing to do with coronavirus.
Same.
Haven’t been to a movie theater in years....high prices, bad movies, reserved seats at the box office weirdness. No big loss.
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.
I waited for the novelization of "Star Wars". I can wait for the novelization of "Porky's II, the Porkening:.
If they’re in San Fran and seat over 100, they’re shut down through April anyway.
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.
Same here, my family hasn’t been in a theater in ages.
Post Rottweilers at entrances
“I prefer staying at home, so my lifestyle won’t be changing in the foreseeable future.”
Likewise...it’s my favorite place to be.
Theater in small town near me shut down.
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.
That’s what I was going to predict, movies that would have been in theaters will go direct to streaming.
Are they building roads to reroute traffic around them?
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.
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