The New Mutants will finally make an appearance on the box office marquee this weekend as more theaters across the U.S. reopen after being shuttered for five months because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Disney inherited the genre superhero pic in 2019 when acquiring 20th Century Fox, home of Marvel's X-Men universe. New Mutants faced plenty of troubles even before COVID-19 struck (the horror-themed film was first set to debut more than two years ago).
Indoor U.S. cinemas shut down in the latter half of March. Now, they have begun reopening in earnest in preparation of Christopher Nolan's Hollywood tentpole Tenet, which rolls out over Labor Day after opening first overseas this weekend.
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