Movies!

It will also have to be the highest grossing movie of all time if they hope to turn a profit.

it (avatar) made almost $3 billion.  #3 highest-grossing movie of all time.  

https://www.timescol...week-1.24162833

Five movie theatres on Vancouver Island are getting back into business this week as rules regarding social distancing have made it possible for theatres to operate with reduced capacities of 50 people.

Sidney’s Star Cinema, SilverCity Victoria, Imax Victoria at the Royal B.C. Museum, and Capitol 6 on Yates Street will reopen on Friday, albeit with reduced showings and new cleaning and safety protocols.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 July 2020 - 09:30 AM.

Cineplex Inc. has filed a lawsuit against its former suitor Cineworld Group PLC, seeking damages over the U.K. company's failed acquisition that could exceed the $2.18 billion outstanding on the deal.

The Canadian movie theatre operator filed the suit in Ontario Superior Court on Friday, detailing what it claims was "a case of buyer's remorse" on the part of the U.K. company in the middle of a pandemic that's seen cinemas across the world unable to operate.

Cineworld walked away from the $2.8-billion deal on June 12, saying it had become aware of a material adverse effect and breaches by the Toronto-based company.

https://www.cbc.ca/n...world-1.5638757

Cineworld offered to buy Cineplex at $34 per share, a 42 per cent premium on the chain's stock price at the time, but by March the company's shares had dropped below $10 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Cineplex closed at $8.50 per share on Friday.

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On Tuesday, Cineplex said it reached a deal with its lenders to provide some financial relief due to the pandemic, but warned about its ability to "continue as a going concern."

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 July 2020 - 05:42 AM.

Prepare to be amazed by the big screen once again.

Imax Victoria, located in the Royal BC Museum, will be reopening its doors to the public, resuming operations starting this Friday, July 3, after a three-and-a-half-month closure.

https://www.vicnews....back-in-action/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 July 2020 - 05:45 AM.

In the latest plan for Hollywood's hopeful return to movie-going during the pandemic, Warner Bros. will release Christopher Nolan's Tenet in an unprecedented fashion.

In Canada, Cineplex said the film will open Thursday, Aug. 27. Internationally, the film will open on Aug. 26, with a U.S. release in select cities to follow over Labour Day weekend.

Warner Bros. on Monday said Tenet will arrive at theatres first in more than 70 countries including Japan, Russia, much of Europe and Australia. The $200 million US thriller will open in the U.S. about a week later on Thursday, Sept. 3.

https://www.cbc.ca/n...tenet-1.5664538

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 July 2020 - 02:28 PM.

Hmm, I don't know what happened. When COVID first showed up, we saw a bunch of films go online for rent for about $20, and they were pretty successful – in particular Trolls: World Tour did very well. 

Why the rush to get films back into theatres? Chains must be putting a lot of pressure on the industry.

Hmm, I don't know what happened. When COVID first showed up, we saw a bunch of films go online for rent for about $20, and they were pretty successful – in particular Trolls: World Tour did very well. 

 

Why the rush to get films back into theatres? Chains must be putting a lot of pressure on the industry.

some movies had just hit the theatre before the lockdown kicked in...  trolls being one of them, Disney's onward, so they had maybe a couple weeks (or even just a week) in the theatre,  a number of those went online pretty quick

some places just decided to release on their own platform like Artemis Fowl was meant to have a theatrical release, it was then released on Disney+ instead...

i imagine they are holding much of the big money blockbusters off for another year or two since they are dependent on those big box office hits to bring in the profits and pay to keep them going (I kinda like to call it the marvel machine...one blockbuster after the other and as long as they are raking in the profits from ticket sales it will just keep on going)

saw Tenet today.

it's good but not going to blow away box office audience numbers this year.  it's not the hollywood saviour they hoped for.

i'm more than happy to give chris nolin lots of my money.  i owe him.  but this film will not go down in history.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 August 2020 - 05:01 PM.

The cost of this screenshot comes with quite a price tag.

The Royal BC Museum announced Aug. 31 that it has purchased IMAX Victoria from Destination Cinema for $3.8 million, thanks to a provincial government grant.

The purchase is part of long-term planning aimed at modernizing the RBCM facility, where the IMAX Victoria Theatre has been in operation since 1998.

https://www.vicnews....ture-full-time/

Filming "Super Pupz" this morning. Ten points to the first person that recognizes that famous car parked out front (not the VW).

Yes! Very simple age determination: Every man over 50 knows immediately. Others have no clue.

I watched them film for a few minutes (I actually had to--they stopped me on my bike from passing by) and a guy that looked exactly like Cyrus from Trailer Park Boys runs out of the record store into the Gran Torino. When I was 10 I would have thought that was the coolest guy in the world.

Yes! Very simple age determination: Every man over 50 knows immediately. Others have no clue.

https://consequenceo...-ryan-reynolds/