Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThings didn’t go exactly as planned.After spending the bulk of the pandemic hustling to get government assistance for movie theaters hit hard by COVID-19, John Fithian should have been savoring a box office revival this summer.Instead, the head of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), the exhibition industry’s main lobbying arm, is working with members to try to convince Hollywood studios that they need to stop releasing movies on their in-house streaming services at the same time they debut in theaters.
In July, after “Black Widow” dropped nearly 70 percent at the box office following its record-breaking (for a pandemic) opening, NATO released a blistering statement accusing the.
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