Box Office Calendar in Chaos: "Next Year Is Becoming a Cage Match"
On March 4, MGM's James Bond film No Time to Die became the first Hollywood tentpole in the Covid-19 era to delay its theatrical release. The 25th installment in the storied spy franchise moved from early April to Thanksgiving. At the time, the decision seemed drastic — theaters were still open in the U.S. and the World Health Organization hadn't declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic — but it proved to be a bellwether of the coming chaos.Theaters in the U.S. soon shuttered (cinemas in China, where the pandemic began, had gone dark in late ... ...