Huge changes underway in film industry as it reckons with streaming, pandemic impact

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'When the pandemic came, our business dropped to zero,' one person whose family owned a movie theater said. 'It was the end.'

George Mitchell's family owned a movie theater in Niantic, Connecticut, that they were forced to close after the"When the pandemic came, our business dropped to zero," Mitchell said."It was the end."

This weekend will see the 95th edition of the Academy Awards, with films like"Everything, Everywhere All at Once" and"The Fabelmans" vying with blockbusters like"Top Gun: Maverick" for Best Picture. "The result after COVID is that we're seeing the box office concentrated in fewer movies, bigger grosses for the movies like 'Spider-Man: No Way Home,' 'Top Gun: Maverick,' 'Avatar: The Way of Water,'" Belloni said."But it's that middle and lower tier that is really struggling still."

One such movie is"Dallas Buyers Club," a 2013 independent film that earned Matthew McConaughey the Best Actor Oscar and producer Rachel Winter a Best Picture nomination.

 

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Why go to a theater and pay $100 for your family when in a few months you can stream it in the comfort of your home? I haven't gone to the theater in years and don't plan on it.

Not to mention movies are 💩

Yet another industry killed by democrats.

One of the large theatres near me repurposed and converted one of the theatres to Comedy stage for local comics.

theaters belong in the museum

I think cinema will be fine if it changes back to small, boutique 1 and 2 screen buildings. The massive 20 screen theaters may be dead in the streaming world. Everything evolves.

Honestly there aren't many new releases I'd be inclined to pay $10 to see. The best movies were in the 40's and 80's-90's IMO.

The bio weapon was paid for with your tax dollars and utilized to destabilize the 2020 election, to destroy the middle class, and to implement subservience upon the American populace.

Yep. TheDemocrats lockdowns ruined many small businesses. Including mine.

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