By Tom Grater
14.04.2020 - 18:11 / hollywoodreporter.com
Chinese online ticketing service Maoyan Entertainment released a report Tuesday suggesting that moviegoers in the Middle Kingdom are growing more and more eager to return to cinemas after nearly three months of coronavirus-forced closures.
The survey was jointly conducted by the China Film Association and Maoyan at the end of March to learn the impact of the pandemic on Chinese consumers' lives, their willingness to return to movie theaters once they reopen, and key factors that would drive
.By Tom Grater
With movie theaters shuttered worldwide in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the theatrical film business has never looked more precarious. But that's not stopping China's largest exhibition company from doubling down on cinema construction.
By Nancy Tartaglione
The central Chinese city of Wuhan has revised its coronavirus death toll to 3,869, increasing the number of fatalities by 1,290.
As China's exhibition sector — shuttered since Jan. 23 amid the coronavirus pandemic — gets set to turn its lights back on, analyst Eric Handler of MKM Partners on Wednesday said Imax has "multiple years of liquidity" on hand with which to start reopening its screens in China in mid-May.
By Rebecca Davis