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India Box Office in Peril as COVID-19 Surges in Mumbai

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Naman Ramachandran The lucrative western India box office market will take a hit as a fresh wave of coronavirus has driven cinemas back to 50% occupancy.On Monday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which is in charge of Mumbai, the commercial capital of India and the home of the Bollywood film industry, ordered that cinemas return to 50% occupancy, and curtailed social gatherings.Cinemas across India had expanded to 100% capacity in February after operating at 50% for several months.Mumbai is the capital of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, which recorded 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 and 48 deaths on Monday.

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