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The number of movie theaters closing today in U.S. and Canada went from around 200 this morning to well past 3,000 locations tonight according to sources. Alamo Drafthouse has just shuttered all its corporate-owned sites and all but one franchise-owned location in Winchester, VA. Over the weekend, it had already…

EXCLUSIVE: In sign of what many are expecting is to come for all theaters in the U.S., Regal Cinemas is shutting down all their locations starting Tuesday, March 17 as a precaution amid the current circumstances. All theaters will remain closed until further notice. Regal is the second-biggest chain in the U.S. with…

We just got word that Regal Cinemas is the next biggest chain stateside to enforce a reduced auditorium capacity size of 50% where applicable and “with state mandates on social gatherings” says the exhibitor. AMC just recently announced a similar policy. Of the distribution bosses we’ve spoken to, we hear that they…

EXCLUSIVE: Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger is in a bullish mood after this morning's announcement that the exhibition giant is poised to acquire Canada's Cineplex, creating North America’s largest movie theater circuit when combined with Cineworld’s Regal Cinemas. The proposed $2.1 billion deal will add Cineplex's 165…

UPDATE with additional detail on investor call, 05:10 AM PST Monday December 16. PREVIOUS STORY, 23:34 PM PST Sunday December 15: Exhibition giant Cineworld, which acquired U.S. chain Regal Cinemas in 2018 for $3.6B, is adding another group to its portfolio with a proposed $2.1B (C$2.8B) purchase of Canada’s Cineplex…

An audience at a screening of Joker  on opening weekend self-evacuated a Long Beach theater after a man was acting suspiciously. According to the Long Beach Post, police were dispatched to the Regal Edwards theater in Long Beach Towne Centre on Saturday after they received calls that there were shots coming from the…

Exhibition giant Cineworld, which acquired U.S. chain Regal Cinemas in 2018 for $3.6B, reported a decrease in half-year results this morning out of London. An anticipated drop, it hasn’t diminished CEO and veteran exhibitor Mooky Greidinger’s bright outlook for the second semester while he’s also bullish on the…

Official details are out there in plain sight for Regal Cinemas’ new Regal Unlimited Movie Ticket Subscription plan and it’s pretty much what Deadline exclusively reported earlier this month. We hear that the plan will be launching in a matter of days before the end of July. Those who wish to join must enlist via the…

EXCLUSIVE: Sources confirm to us that Regal’s new unlimited movie ticket subscription service is prepping to launch at the end of July in the U.S. Details are still being ironed out between the major studios and Regal’s parent company, Cineworld, based in London. Here’s what we know: There will be three tiers of…

EXCLUSIVE: In 2018, Mooky Greidinger's Cineworld completed its acquisition of U.S. chain Regal Cinemas, becoming the globe's second-largest exhibitor. Now a little more than a year into the $3.6B deal, Greidinger sat down with Deadline to update us on the status of operations both domestically and internationally, as…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas are sticking to their guns, and will only play those Oscar best picture nominees who had a traditional theatrical release and respected the 90-day cinema window. This morning in the wake of Netflix’s Roma earning 10 Oscar noms, leading exhibitor AMC promptly issued a statement…

Imax is expanding its next-generation projection system into multiplexes, unveiling deals at CinemaCon that will see its Imax with Laser 4K system installed in 87 AMC locations and 55 Cineworld/Regal locations in the U.S. and Europe by 2022. The large-screen exhibitor says it has now signed agreements for more than…