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Can Movie Theaters Woo Audiences Back with Blockbuster Film -- and Pandemic Precautions?

Business Wars Daily

Wondery

News, Daily News, Business News, Business

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today is Friday, August 28, and we’re looking at AMC Theatres vs. Regal Cinemas.

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The Wondery. I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this August 28.

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Happy Friday, friends.

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The other day, my producer was driving down the street in Denver

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and caught a glimpse of a movie marquee. The independent theater, surprise, was open, and it was

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showing this movie. There is a creature alive today who has survived millions of years of evolution

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without change, without passion, and without logic. It lives

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to kill. A mindless eating machine. That's right, the film of the evening was none other than the

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45-year-old blockbuster jawaws shown at a steep discount for its sheer

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classicness. That is, its age. No matter. Jaws scared the pants off that 1975 generation of

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moviegoers and several generations since. But now moviegoers have an even more deadly enemy to fear.

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