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NewsUK’s BFI Southbank cancels events, screenings over coronavirus concerns
The move follows the UK government’s advice over the pandemic.
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Odeon, Cineworld, Picturehouse, Vue to close all UK and Ireland cinemas due to coronavirus
Odeon shuts cinemas with immediate effect; Cineworld and Picturehouse to close doors in Ireland today (March 17) and the UK from tomorrow (March 18).
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US, Canadian cinema chain closures begin in response to coronavirus (update)
Latest inevitable blow for exhibition comes days after chains adopted “social distancing” policies.
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Universal breaks theatrical window in response to coronavirus
Policy to last under current conditions.
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London’s ICA becomes first UK cinema to close due to coronavirus
As of March 16 all the UK’s other cinemas are open.
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LA, New York mayors order cinema closures amid coronavirus pandemic
New York Mayor calls for “wartime mentality” response.
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‘Bloodshot’ rules anaemic international box office as coronavirus hits theatre-going
The Invisible Man reaches $122.7m worldwide for Universal.
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US adds UK to travel ban list amid coronavirus pandemic
Restriction starts at midnight EST on Monday.
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Major US exhibitors cut seating capacity by half in response to coronavirus (updated)
CDC reports 1,629 infections, 41 deaths in US.
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Greek annual admissions could fall as much as 50% as all cinemas close for at least two weeks
All 350 venues around the country ceased operating today.
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French exhibitors vow to keep cinemas open as government bans gatherings of more than 100 people
“If their theatres close down completely, it will be very difficult to kickstart their operations and coax spectators back in after weeks of closure.”
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UPDATED: FICCI Frames postponed, India shutters cinemas and production
Several film releases have also been postponed, including Rohena Gera’s Cannes Critics Week title Sir.
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Kinepolis announces closure of cinemas in Belgium until March 31 due to coronavirus
Company operates 111 cinemas worldwide, with a total of 1,079 screens and almost 200,000 seats.
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Plans afoot to turn Edinburgh’s Filmhouse into Scottish national film hub
£50m ($65m) plan likely to take at least five years to complete.
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CinemaCon organisers bullish about show despite cancellations from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy
Every expectation of “successful and well-attended CinemaCon 2020 celebrating the moviegoing experience.”
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How Paramount UK worked with Rapman and exhibitors to ensure ‘Blue Story’ reached a wide audience
The London-set drama has taken more than $6m at the box office.
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Japan’s Uplink to open four-screen arthouse cinema in Kyoto
New mini-theatre complex will mark Uplink’s third arthouse cinema in Japan.
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New figures show “period of considerable success” for UK exhibition sector
Phil Clapp and Lucy Jones were speaking at the UK Cinema Association’s annual conference.
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Edgar Wright calls for more industry professionals to see films with a paying audience
Wright also called on advertisers to shorten the commercials shown in advance of movies in British cinemas.
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Chinese companies pull out of CinemaCon over coronavirus travel ban
The Las Vegas exhibitors convention “will be held as planned,” organisers say.
