As the second coronavirus wave closes down Canadian movie theaters, again, Hollywood production hubs in Vancouver and Toronto have returned to pre-pandemic levels of activity.
Cinemas in Manitoba and British Columbia have shuttered, while multiplexes in and around Toronto and Montreal, the country's main theater-going markets, have also been ordered to close down by health authorities as the number COVID-19 cases surges on both sides of the border.
And the timing, coming just before Christmas, could not be worse for domestic theater chains. "There's a diminishing number of tickets to sell for Wonder Woman (1984), unfortunately," Bill Walker, CEO of Landmark Cinemas, tells THR ahead of the Warner Bros.
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