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MoviePass died. But this movie theater subscription service hit a milestone

It has been less than three years since MoviePass shut down after overturning the cinema business with its discount ticketing service, a disruptive saga that now looks quaint compared with the havoc wreaked on multiplexes by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cinemark, one of the nation’s three largest theater chains, on Wednesday said its $10-a-month Movie Club subscription offering now has 1 …

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Free popcorn. Cheap booze. Private ‘Black Widow’ screenings. How movie theaters are luring fans back

Movie theaters are offering discounts on concessions, including popcorn, and special screenings to draw customers back to the big screen. Incentives, which vary by company, include free popcorn, movie poster giveaways and early showings of Questlove’s music documentary “Summer of Soul” and drawings for private screenings of Marvel’s “Black Widow.” Help from studios and other vendors is crucial for theaters …

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How safe is it to go to indoor movie theaters during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Wayne Price cleans handrails in a movie theater on Sept. 3, the first day the Reading Cinemas Grossmont in La Mesa was open since closing because of the COVID-19 pandemic Remember what it was like going out to see a movie? “There have been people who have worked at movie theaters or who have attended movie theaters who have had …

Cinemark Theatres, the third-largest cinema chain in the U.S., has reached an agreement with Universal Pictures to allow early home video releases for the studio’s movies, marking the latest crack in the traditional theatrical window during the COVID-19 pandemic. The deal follows a similar agreement in July that Universal made with AMC Theatres, the world’s biggest movie house circuit — …

Cinemark adds fresh air, cashless ticketing and classic movies for reopening

Shown is the entrance of a Cinemark movie theater in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. Los Angeles has yet to set a date for reopening theaters, but Cinemark Chief Executive Mark Zoradi said in an interview that he expects it will be in mid-July, before the debut of Walt Disney’s “Mulan” on July 24. Customers will have to …