In a normal year, scoring a big U.S. sale out of Toronto would be every indie filmmaker's dream. But 2020 is far from normal.
As the U.S. box office reopens and struggles to recover after a five-month shutdown,and with California and New York theaters still closed, it’s still possible that a hot TIFF title, if it doesn’t go straight to a streamer, could stay on the shelf for months before receiving a domestic release.
In contrast, cinemas in several international territories, including Korea, Japan, China and much of western Europe, have been open for months now.
Business isn’t exactly booming — social distancing require- ments and other measures continue to put a damper on the box office — but business is being conducted.
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