It goes without saying that the China of 2019 is very different than the China of today, in early 2022. Two full years of the COVID-19 pandemic made sure
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Will we go back to movie theaters when the pandemic is over?
For a year, American movie theaters have largely remained closed. The number of new releases was reduced as studios bumped their biggest titles into the future. Drive-in theaters made a comeback, to be sure, but only recently have regular movie theaters started to reopen across the country, at reduced capacity for now. If you saw a movie in the last 14 months, there’s a good chance it was on your TV. Or your tablet. Or your phone.
The pandemic undeniably changed certain aspects of our at-home movie viewing habits some for the better, and in ways that are poised to last a while. Major studios and theater chains have agreed to permanently reduce the amount of time between when a movie hits theaters and when it reaches streaming platforms. Some distributors may also decide to stick to day-and-date releases, where a movie arrives in theaters and on streaming at the same time.