China Re-Opens 500+ Cinemas As Coronavirus Cases Ease, Moviegoing Slight
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deadline.comBy Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior Contributor As the number of new cases of the coronavirus shows signs of abating in China, a smattering of cinemas re-opened in a handful of provinces across the country this weekend.
On Friday, there were 486 movie theaters back at work, while Saturday the total was upped to 507, local reports say. This reps just 4.5% of the Middle Kingdom exhibition infrastructure and brought in an estimated $4,355 on Saturday, per ticketing platform Maoyan.
The biggest concentration of cinemagoers was in Xinjiang which had previously been the site of the first movie theater to open since the mainland shuttered all screens in January.
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