Wednesday, week #39 of 2020 (9/24-9/27/2020) There are no movies set for wide release until October 9, two weeks from now, when, hopefully, the two movies planned will screen as scheduled: Liam Neeson in Honest Thief and Robert DeNiro in The War With Grandpa. This weekend a LIMITED release for The Last Shift, some classics including the … Continue reading Opening 9-24-2020 in Theaters: The Last Shift [LIMITED]
Wednesday, week #38 of 2020 (9/17-9/20/2020) The one wide release movie in theaters this week offers us Infidel. The financial temperature in movie theater land is lukewarm, buoyed by Tenet being on a gadzillion theater screens, so many that it’s hogging up space for other titles. Maybe that’s all in the cards, but we’d rather see more … Continue reading Opening 9-17-2020 in Theaters: Infidel
Wednesday, week #37 of 2020 (9/10-9/13/2020) The one wide release movie in theaters plan continues with a romcom this week. Tenet box office is still chugging away and passed $150 million worldwide to date with $20 million the opening weekend in the United States. Meanwhile, Mulan are seeing what kind of numbers they can carve in the … Continue reading Opening 9-10-2020 in Theaters: The Broken Hearts Gallery
Wednesday, week #36 of 2020 (9/3-9/6/2020): the first blockbuster tentpole to hit the partially reopened theater scene: Warner Bros. Tenet, which opened for early access on Monday 8/31 and internationally a week ago (see: Tenet opens internationally with $53 million box office, advance launch in US starts 8/31) Tenet[FIRST LOOK] Seeing this in IMAX would be ideal. Hopefully … Continue reading Opening 9-3-2020 in Theaters: Tenet
Wednesday, week #35 of 2020 (8/27-8/30/2020). *2* new movies in theaters this coming weekend, starting Thursday August 27, 2020. The New Mutants are being shown in IMAX format. The New Mutants[FIRST LOOK] The last superhero/comic book character movie I saw in 2020 was Vin Diesel in Bloodshot. Not very entertained with that one, so hoping … Continue reading Opening 8-28-2020 in Theaters: The New Mutants, The Personal History Of David Copperfield
During one of our three visits to the movie theater last weekend — the only Regal theater open in Washington State in Lacey, Washington, I asked one of the employees how many customers were happy with the switch from Coke to Pepsi and his response was “about two-thirds” of their customers were upset with the … Continue reading Regal Cinema employee says “about two-thirds” of customers since reopening complaining about switch from Coca-Cola to Pepsi
*4* new movies in theaters this coming weekend, yay! It’s sooooo good to have movies showing up in theaters again this coming weekend, albeit, we have to drive like 30 miles out of the area, because all theaters in our county are not open yet. Oh well, that’s not too far away. It’s an IMAX … Continue reading Opening 8-21-2020 in Theaters: Unhinged, Words On Bathroom Walls, Tulsa, Cut Throat City
AMC is pulling out the stops to get moviegoers back to their theaters when some are reopened next Thursday on August 20 in the United States. Contrast this to Regal, that start reopening one day later Friday. Kara and I received email notification from Regal that we will both receive a free month of Regal … Continue reading List of AMC theaters reopening for 15 cent movie day on August 20 – Any reopening near you?
Dolittle ⭐️⭐️⭐️ In their first weekend return to the box office, China moviegoers chose to see Robert Downey Jr’s Dolittle the most. “Dolittle,” from Universal, was the top title this weekend with a $4.71 million three-day debut, according to Chinese data provider Ent Group. Vin Diesel-starring “Bloodshot,” backed by China’s Bona Film Group, trailed in … Continue reading Dolittle tops China first weekend box office since pandemic reopening, followed by Bloodshot
As anticipated (see: Warner Bros. pulls plug on Tenet August 12 release, no 2020 release date announced), Regal Cinemas has delayed opening on July 31. Like Warner Bros. initially decided with Tenet, they haven’t set a specific date yet. While this might make sense today for Regal, they need to pick a date at some point … Continue reading Regal Cinemas Delays Reopening Once Again – Now Closed 126+ days – Tenet exploring outside US premiere first
