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Hi guys, In the time I finished and posted my last blog, I got a response back from the owner of the Cinema Saver, a second run theater in my area. So without further ado, I will share his response with you. 

“ While AMC and Regal may well recover from this pandemic due to their foreign ownership or foreign financial backers, we don't have that luxury.  The film industry has long wanted to release VOD much closer to the theatrical release date to make greater use of their advertising.  Actually, Disney has been in the forefront of this push and they're obviously the biggest dog in the business at this point.  We are wondering how this will affect us as a second run theater.  Will the VOD release push up the secondary market for theaters like ours?  We're thinking that's not likely.  We've been able to carve out a niche in that time period between when a movie leaves the first run theaters and before it comes out on Blu-Ray or on one of the streaming services.  If that shrinks (and it has over the years) we're very likely to feel the squeeze.  The pandemic has given the film production companies a chance to test the waters of even skipping movie theaters completely.  When the movie industry comes out of this terrible time the landscape is sure to be different.  We guess it's just a matter of how things evolve. “  -Cinema Saver

Thanks again to the Cinema Saver for your response. To everyone else, when movie theaters reopen or if they have already reopened, I encourage you to go local.

Goodnight, and Bee Happy!™ 

Mr.Bee   

2024 Update,

last year the Cinema Saver closed for good, a tragic casualty of the post-COVID Moviegoing landscape.