Cinema Halls

Production houses are demanding a greater share of revenues and a shorter window between a film's theatrical and digital release Theatres are truggling with content mismatch, a lack of revenues and covid restrictions

The movie screenings will begin from Friday, October 16, and tickets will go live on their website as well as other ticketing platforms from midnightMany cinema halls shut down before the nationwide lockdown came into effect from March 25 and managements are hoping desperately to get back to work

The Gujarat government in its October 1 notification allowed cinema halls to operate from October 15 Films which were released six to eight months back, before the lockdown was imposed, would be screened from Saturday

The guidelines have been issued for opening of cinema halls, multiplexes and theatres, which are located outside the containment zoneThe temperature of the air conditioner should be set at 24-30 degrees Celsius and there should be cross ventilation

The cinema halls will open with 50% seating capacity'They have to follow all the guidelines issued by the central government,' stresses Delhi CM

Bollywood or the Hindi film industry will account for around ₹2,000 crore of total losses in the film exhibition industryIn 2019, Bollywood alone had notched up ₹650 crore in the October-December period while collection in the first three quarters was around ₹3,700-3,800 crore

It will take some time to get the content pipeline going and win the confidence of audiences The Association is the aegis body under which 600 regional and national multiplexes are operational

In Bengaluru and Chennai, roughly one in two people visits a cinema hall at least once a month, data from the National Family Health Survey shows

Sales of food and beverage items are the second largest source of revenues for PVR and Inox, after net box office revenues

The government said cinemas prohibiting people from bringing food from the outside would face strict action