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AMC Entertainment Monday announced the results of a key debt swap as it nears the finish line of a financial revamp unveiled earlier this month that will help it stay viable through  spring. The plan will slash debt, bring in $300 million in fresh cash and defer some interest payments. The financing just became even…

Shares of Walt Disney, which closed down 0.76%, got knocked around a bit in late trading on news that the studio is yanking Mulan’s August release date and is postponing Star Wars and Avatar pics. It was down 1.62% after hours. The news capped a day where tech stock drove shares lower with Twitter a bright spot as…

Disney is no longer releasing Mulan on Aug. 21 and is unsetting the movie for the time being.  Oy, just when AMC was looking to turn the lights back on with a big movie in pockets of the country. I understand that the No. 1 industry leader at the global box office isn’t waiting to see where Warner Bros. places…

EXCLUSIVE: News yesterday that Warner Bros is taking Christopher Nolan's Tenet off the theatrical release calendar has prompted further trepidation on UK shores, with the country's major cinema chains scheduled to re-open the majority of their sites in just 10 days’ time. Tenet was set for August 12, but sources we’ve…

It's real but surreal: Hamilton, the hottest show of its generation, opens Friday as a streamer! There's no giant launch party, no massive media campaign. This will not be My Fair Lady time revisited. But the "non-event" is an appropriate metaphor for the challenges facing Hollywood in launching “new” product to a…

It’s official — at least for the time being: Disney said Friday it is moving Niki Caro’s Mulan release date from July 25 to August 21, the weekend after Tenet‘s five-day opening from August 12-16. We were hearing noise about this earlier this week, as we told you, with COVID-19 cases surging nationwide and theaters…

UPDATED at 1:15PM PT with closing stock prices. Movie theater stocks continued their slide Friday in the wake of Warner Bros’ decision to postpone the opening of Tenet another two weeks to August 12. AMC shares fell nearly 3% to close at $4.16. Cinemark’s stock tumbled 8% to $11.39, a two-month low. Marcus declined 2%…

Warner Bros. is moving its Christopher Nolan action thriller Tenet again — this time from Friday, July 31, to Wednesday, August 12. Nolan’s 10th anniversary reissue of Inception now will open on July 31 instead of July 17. The decision comes in the wake of COVID-19 cases spiking to a new national high of 45K on…

While Disney insiders remain optimistic, it would not be a shocker if the studio moves Mulan, the first big event movie after exhibition’s COVID-19 shutdown, off its current July 24 date. There are just too many gloomy signs out there now. Even though the $200 million Niki Caro-directed movie built up a great degree…

Disney is starting to recover from COVID-19, but it won’t be able to “jam people on pricing” at its theme parks anytime soon, hurting revenue, and may opt to “kill” the theatrical run of Mulan, according to Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson. The MoffettNathanson partner joined colleagues Craig Moffett and Nick Del…

San Francisco yesterday became the first major box office city to give a specific opening date for theaters, mid-August, which is after planned release dates of the first big summer films, Tenet and Mulan, in mid and late-July respectively and the late June-July target anticipated by the biggest chains like AMC Enterta…

Here's the latest update on the prospects for cinemas re-opening in Australia and New Zealand, which according to 2019 stats is the world's ninth biggest box office market. New Zealand has hit the headlines recently with its successful handling of the coronavirus and the positive relaxing of its lockdown, with cinemas…