A handful of indoor theaters opened up to customers this weekend, mostly in Texas.
But under these unusual pandemic conditions, the box-office numbers don’t shed much light on what will happen when more theaters reopen with brand new titles.With stringent safety controls including social distancing, the indoor theaters are grossing far less than the drive-ins that have remained open.
And curiously, in several multiplexes, Sony’s VOD title “Bloodspot,” the Vin Diesel actioner that originally opened March 13 (the weekend before theaters closed) sold more tickets than Universal’s much-trumpeted Pvod smash “Trolls World Tour.” This suggests that the male action demo might be more willing to brave theaters than parents and children.
It’s tempting to over-analyze these results.“Trolls” remains #1 on two key charts: Amazon, which ranks by numbers of rentals (without regard to the film’s $19.99 price), as well as FandangoNOW, which lists by money taken in.
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