Will the movie going industry survive Covid?
A movie industry artist, I think she's a screenwriter, has asked me if movie theaters are going to survive Covid.
Christopher Nolan and James Cameron are urging Congress to help save movie theaters. They had gotten support from movie theater employees, and dozens of other filmmakers who want to maintain the moviegoing tradition no matter what. Will they succeed in getting Congress to save movie theaters.
Will movie theaters and the tradition of moviegoing recover from the outbreak with help, especially once things calm down?
I will try to weigh in when I can, but if anyone wants to throw cards or meditate on this subject, please do!
As I asked the community the question about the future of movie theaters, I was seeing in my mind's eye a return to smaller community based theaters, instead of the behemoth theaters. Community theaters could end out being locally subsidized, but they'd have to be able to do some kind of deal with the movie industry for that to work.
I for one do hope to get back to the local theatre when covid is over.
Okay, third post on the movie industry with no new information except that I miss and love the movies. I want to go to the movies again, and I want to go to local movies where I know people, not those giant corporations outside of town. The movies kept this country going during WWII. The movies has moved our culture forward in so many ways. We have to keep the movie theaters.
I believe that over the next few years, this country will move back to local, to community based activities, and the movies, if and when that will be safe again, are so much a part of that.
When we were kids we went to the movies every Saturday morning at 9 am. All the kids in town were there. We used to throw our flattened popcorn boxes at the screen when we didn't like the villain. Okay it was hard on the screen, but it was a blast.
My mom who is pretty intuitive (even if she would deny that) has said something very similar recently. We live in a small Military town in NC. NC entered Phase 3 of reopening this past week, which allowed movie theaters to reopen. However the larger chains (AMC, etc) are only reopening in larger cities, such as Raleigh. I can definitely see some of the bigger chains scaling back to large cities where there's more people. Then the smaller areas going back to having more local movie theaters. I too miss going to the movies, and can't wait for the day it's safe to return.
Am in the process of assembling the Wednesday Night Read the Future predictions and here is one from AK for July 2021: Movie going is back. A Marvel movie makes over $1 billion in the global box office. (AK). When I asked him about it, he said he didn't see the movie theater industry returning to pre-covid status. I feel the same.
That is what they are doing here on Long Island drive in movie theaters. The only draw back it’s old movies. If you want to go out, it still beats staying at home. Not only drove in movie theater now they are drive through haunted attractions
That is what they are doing here on Long Island drive in movie theaters. The only draw back it’s old movies.
It is old movies because those venues don't have contracts with the movie industry to show the latest movies. That is why I wrote earlier that the movie theaters I see in the future are more local likely subsidized and they will need a wholly different arrangement with Hollywood if they are going to have the licensing to show top movies.