The domestic box office is about to take a single-percentile hit as the province of Ontario, Canada, which includes box office capital Toronto, shutters theaters due to the Omicron post holiday surge.Movie theaters will close in two days, led by country’s No.
1 chain Cineplex which will temporarily close 67 locations and reopen as soon as possible.In a statement provided to Deadline, a Cineplex rep said, “Based on recent government directives, all 67 of our theatres in Ontario will be closed as of Wednesday, January 5, and will reopen as soon as we are allowed.
All bookings will be cancelled for a full refund. To make it as easy as possible, we have already begun processing ticket refunds back to our guests’ original method of payment.
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