China Closes Movie Theaters After Coronavirus Outbreak

[Underworld54]

Approximately 70,000 theaters have closed until they can get a handle on the outbreak. Any major Hollywood films coming up?

Chinese New Year is the busiest time for movies in China and this closure will likely cost box-office revenue to lose $1B+.

This will be a death blow to those movies.

Obviously health is paramount over business, I'm just speculating on what major Hollywood films will be effected.

[A Sith Lord?]

Now Disney can use this for PR as to why Rise of Skywalker didn't play well there.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by A Sith Lord?

Now Disney can use this for PR as to why Rise of Skywalker didn't play well there.

TROS was done there before this outbreak hit.

[A Sith Lord?]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

TROS was done there before this outbreak hit.

That's the joke...

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Approximately 70,000 theaters have closed until they can get a handle on the outbreak. Any major Hollywood films coming up?

Chinese New Year is the busiest time for movies in China and this closure will likely cost box-office revenue to lose $1B+.

This will be a death blow to those movies.

Obviously health is paramount over business, I'm just speculating on what major Hollywood films will be effected.

Birds of Prey and Sonic.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Birds of Prey and Sonic.

Both would do poorly anyway.

[PS-RagE]

Gotta admit they are pretty wise with this sort of thing. Don’t want Captain Trips ravaging the land. I wonder if India would be as efficient?

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by A Sith Lord?

That's the joke...

The joke is Stvn1975 must have multiple accts. Can't stop posting about SW everywhere.

[kylor]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Obviously health is paramount over business, I'm just speculating on what major Hollywood films will be effected.

No Time to Die's release date has been shifted because of this virus.

Chances are it may affect more movies as well as other theaters, potentially if things escalate over the coming months.

[Himmel]

Originally Posted by kylor

No Time to Die's release date has been shifted because of this virus.

Chances are it may affect more movies as well as other theaters, potentially if things escalate over the coming months.

Over here as well if the infected numbers rise, I read a tweet from a guy in Twitter who said his company is looking into having everyone work from home instead of traveling.

[kylor]

Originally Posted by Himmel

Over here as well if the infected numbers rise, I read a tweet from a guy in Twitter who said his company is looking into having everyone work from home instead of traveling.

Yeah, that's probably a smart move, depending on how the situation unfolds. People just need to prepare accordingly, as with any virus.

[JayTL]

I wonder if there's any smaller movies looking to move up now

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by JayTL

I wonder if there's any smaller movies looking to move up now

It's not a smaller movie per se, but it's too bad Sony doesn't have Ghostbusters: Afterlife ready to go in early April. It may not play in China anyway given its subject matter and its current release date in early July is sandwiched between a bunch of blockbusters(Top Gun 2, Minions 2, Tenet, Jungle Cruise).

[DanTheMan]

Originally Posted by JayTL

I wonder if there's any smaller movies looking to move up now

I'd nominate In the Heights if April is really that wide open. The original date of 6/26 is not bad (it's competing against Top Gun: Maverick), but it can probably be more successful long-term if they sandwiched it between New Mutants and Black Widow.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

I'd nominate In the Heights if April is really that wide open. The original date of 6/26 is not bad (it's competing against Top Gun: Maverick), but it can probably be more successful long-term if they sandwiched it between New Mutants and Black Widow.

Good call.

[craigbarr2003]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

I'd nominate In the Heights if April is really that wide open. The original date of 6/26 is not bad (it's competing against Top Gun: Maverick), but it can probably be more successful long-term if they sandwiched it between New Mutants and Black Widow.

I don't think moving a studio summer tentpole UP on 5-6 weeks notice is doable. You have things like cast schedules to contend with when doing a promotional push and they are locked down much further in advance when it comes to availability windows surrounding a launch. If anything moves into that date, I'd wager it would be something smaller.

[xbs2034]

https://deadline.com/2020/03/black-w...ce-1202874214/

According to studio sources, at the moment, things are going full speed ahead for the summer releases. But the month of March will be critical in deciding that, and if there is still major impact on the global market by the end of the month, there is a good chance Black Widow (rumor is Disney would move that to The Eternals slot in November and Eternals into 2021) and Fast 9 will get delayed.

[erixon20]

Soo.....when do they close our theatres in the US? If none of the big movies are coming out.....

[larsknudsen]

Originally Posted by JayTL

I wonder if there's any smaller movies looking to move up now

Universal already scheduled the Trolls movie in 007's former spot.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/2020-04-01/

[Himmel]

Coronavirus has mutated into more aggressive disease, say scientists, and has evolved into two major lineages and it is possible to be infected with both, a new study shows

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