After major disappointments and losses in 2020
Cinema 2021 ... "Great Hopes" for the return of spirit and revenues
The movie "Black Widow" has been postponed more than once during the past months.
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"Wonder Woman 1984" has been making great money since its release two weeks ago
The movie "The Croods 2" was released in the United States on November 25th.
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This year will be different, or at least, it would have been better, for the revenues of theaters in the United States, which have been paralyzed, due to the closure decisions that were imposed to combat the outbreak of the Corona virus epidemic, and the concerns of the pioneers of theaters, and the lack of Availability of new mega blockbusters.
And Bloomberg News reported that theaters in the United States are already off to a rocky start.
Analysts and film production companies expect that the best films in terms of revenues at the beginning of next week are the ones that were released weeks ago, among them the movie "Wonder Woman 1984", which was released in the United States on December 25, and it is the type of films of the foreign hero. In addition to the animated movie "The Croods 2: A New Era", which was released in the United States on November 25.
Two-thirds of the local theaters have closed, and the small number of new budget-produced films that have also been released on a limited basis is unlikely to increase demand for theaters financially to allow them to reopen.
Instead, the plan is to wait until the days are better - which will likely not happen before or after next April - when movies with huge production budgets will be released again.
Movies on the way
"We will start this new year with great hopes," Paul Dergarabedian, a prominent media analyst at comscore, a company specializing in statistics and marketing research, was quoted by the Bloomberg News Agency as saying, adding: "There are a lot of great films on the way, but we should have." Safe and healthy environment to watch them ».
And there will not be a large-scale release of "Wonder Woman 1984" - produced by "Warner Brothers" of America - early next week.
The movie, which was released in theaters on Christmas, is likely to top box office revenue, according to an analysis made by the "Box Office Pro" website.
The films produced by other major film production companies are expected to continue to sell at the box office, some time after their first showing.
"The Croods 2: A New Era", produced by Universal Pictures, and starring Nicholas Cage, is likely to generate more than $ 2 million in domestic box office revenue early next week, followed in second place by the movie. American drama "News of the World" that was released in the United States on December 25, and starring Tom Hanks.
There are indications that when the actual work begins in theaters, it is possible that the accumulated demand for new films will avoid some of the damages witnessed in 2020, as revenues from theaters decreased by 80%, compared to the previous year.
Asia
In Asia, theaters have largely reopened and are generating record-breaking revenues.
Moreover, Hollywood film production companies are planning to release a flood of major films whose release has been delayed, from a new part of the spy film series, James Bond, to the long-awaited "Black Widow", produced by Marvel Comics. ».
In Asia, in general, theaters are booming, says Rich Gelfond, CEO of Emax Corp.
In Japan, the number of people who went to Emax cinemas to watch movies during the weekend, reached a record, while sales of tickets for the company's theaters in China during the month of December jumped by 28% compared to the previous year, according to TV « Bloomberg ».
And after China managed to contain the outbreak of the virus strongly within months, theaters reopened on the mainland as early as mid-July, while a group of films were presented, among them the film with the largest revenue in the world during the past year , Which is the historical war drama film "The Eight Handred" (Eighty-Hundred).
The film, which has a global revenue of about $ 473 billion, revolves around a group of Chinese soldiers fighting against the Japanese army for victory or death during the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. In 2021, China began setting records in box office revenues on New Year's Eve. Theaters revenue soared to 545 million yuan ($ 83 million) tonight, to be the highest revenue on this occasion since the recordings began in 2011, according to Mayuan entertainment platform.
Local movies
Chinese domestic films were considered the biggest contributors to records, chief among them: "A Little Red Flower", a novel about two families suffering from cancer, and the romantic comedy "A Warm Hug."
This increase in ticket sales came as an addition to the indications that the largest market for movies in the world is currently achieving a recovery, after revenues decreased by two-thirds last year, in light of the six-month closures in cinemas, for the sake of Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic.
"We are looking forward to 2021 full of successful films," Bloomberg quoted Dergarabedian, adding, "We just have to hope that theaters are available, and that the audience will attend."
There are a lot of great movies .. But we must have a safe and healthy environment to watch them.
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