As fear and uncertainty build in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, moviegoers are following medical advice and staying out of public spaces, leaving theatres empty and Hollywood reeling.
As Deadline reports, the combined box office numbers are at a 22-year-low, even lower than the weekend that followed the 9/11 terror attacks.
According to Deadline, an additional 25 movie theatres were closed down this weekend, for a total of 109 shut down throughout the U.S., including such major markets as New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
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