By Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior Contributor “The situation is that it’s a f***ing disaster everywhere,” one distribution exec exclaimed recently regarding the impact from the coronavirus pandemic on the global and international box office.
The hit 2020 is going to take in terms of worldwide ticket sales is incalculable at this point, but some sources estimate it to be at least $20B.
Wherever the ultimate number lands, another offshore exec sounds, “Whether theaters reopen or not, that money is not coming back.
I don’t think you ever catch up that piece of the box office.” Despite optimism in some sectors for when cinemas re-open, we are also told, “There is going to be an overhang on the business because of a
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