AMC Theatres will open 450 of its U.S.
locations on July 15, and the remaining 150 theaters on July 24.
The plans from AMC, the country’s and world’s largest circuit, mirror those announced by rivals Cinemark and Regal, and puts a huge chunk of the country’s multiplexes on track to be open by the time Disney’s “Mulan” and Warner Bros.’ “Tenet” are released at the end of July.AMC tapped Harvard public health expert Dr.
Joseph Allen to develop the phased reopening plan, which will begin July 15 with a seating capacity of 30 percent.
Traditional theaters will see every other row blocked off.The caps will increase to 40 percent, then 50 percent.
The chain hopes it will be able to move to 50-percent capacity by Labor Day and full, unrestricted capacity by Thanksgiving, Variety reported.“We didn’t rush to reopen,” AMC CEO and President Adam Aron told Variety.
“There were
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