JeremyM

Seems like a film like New Mutants would actually do better now with no competition rather than saving it for a crowded period.

DaveNinja

Hopefully Onward will be in theaters for the next month or two since I missed it last weekend.

GoldenJCJ

I hope the Coronavirus doesn’t affect the shoot of Uncharted. I’d hate to see that well oiled machine get delayed.

Jay G.

I get that complaint a lot.

Jay G.

On the flip side, if Disney doesn't think people will brave the pandemic to see Mulan, why would they think anyone would risk COVID-19 to see New Mutants?

This is one of those rare situations where the phrase "better than nothing" isn't true. If the choices are "risk COVID-19 to see New Mutants" or "just stay home because there's no other movies out," the latter is likely to win out for most. They'd choose the "nothing" option, because they're choosing their health over seeing a new movie in theaters.

Streaming services are also going to see an uptick in watching, regardless of what they have, because it's the less risk option compared to going out. The new Disney+ film Stargirl is likely to get a lot more views this weekend than it probably otherwise was.

dex14

JeremyM

So far, and it's obviously early, but grosses have followed their normal pattern, more or less. That will change as this thing deepens, obviously, so you are probably right.

dex14

rw2516

You are not sick! You are perfectly healthy and some paranoid asshole is accusing you of being sick.

Jay G.

Except everyone else heard you coughing, apparently hard enough to chase someone away. So either you're the asshole trying to hide your illness now that an usher is here, risking exposing everyone around you because you selfishly want to see a movie, or you're the asshole who faked being sick, freaking out a bunch of innocent strangers, just because you wouldn't ask a guy to move.

Mr. Flix

Do people tell you to stop being so humble too?

Bluelitespecial

Well I don’t think I’ll stop worrying about not getting to see Braveheart on the big screen until I’m in the theater on the 22nd.

windom

Disney is putting Frozen 2 on Disney+ this Sunday, 3 months early.

https://deadline.com/2020/03/frozen-...ed-1202883148/

Mabuse

This is the most “you” statement ever.

Jay G.

GODDAMN humble.

Seriously though, when people tell me to stop being so logical, it's typically because they're annoyed with me. I've been called Spock before. Picture the other person as Bones.

bluetoast

Couple of the independent theaters in my area are closing for at least a few weeks.

dex14

Worrying?

Bluelitespecial

I already bought my ticket for the Fathom Events screening on March 22nd and I hope it's not cancelled.

dex14

Why do you need to worry? You’ll get your money back if it’s cancelled. There’s more important things going on.

Bluelitespecial

It's a very big deal to me since I was too young in 1995 to see it in theaters. I'm afraid it could be cancelled and not rescheduled.

dex14

Afraid? Doesn’t sound like something someone with a lot of T would say!

majorjoe23

A local independent theater here just announced its shutting down indefinitely.

JeremyM

The box office definitely crashed yesterday. The new offerings weren't going to be huge draws, but the holdovers sunk more than normal patterns as well.

Artman

The stat that jumped out to me was that it will likely be the lowest performing wknd since 98... incredible. That said, I'm hoping to catch Invisible Man and Onward next wk... wknight evenings will most likely have a handful of people...which sounds perfect to me.

DWilson

I was checking the seating on various shows at a local theater (I'd go through buying tickets online and see what seats were available) and the only film that was regularly drawing a crowd (over ten people) was "I Still Believe", the Christian film; however, for the last show of the night, -around 10 pm, -only one person was in the room.