Cinema owners were counting on the return of the first Hollywood blockbusters in the form of Disney’s latest science fiction Tenet and Christopher Nolan’s Mulan later this month to relaunch their year. However, they suffered a blow at the end of last week when the premieres of the two films were pushed back again, to August 12 and 21 respectively, further delaying what should already be a slow recovery.
With a calendar devoid of new Hollywood blockbusters, movie operators must initially fall back on low-income launch calendars filled mainly with classics and old hits such as Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Empire Strikes Back and franchises such than Harry Potter, Twilight and Fast and furious. The release of new fares includes stops before Covid closed like 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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