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Michael O’Leary’s Had It With Short Theatrical Windows — They Must Be “Meaningful” For Movies To Succeed
Michael O’Leary, CEO Of Cinema United, slammed short theatrical windows, insisting, with CinemaCon about to kick off, that movies must stick around longer to succeed.
Studios – with Amazon MGM the newest entrant to the Motion Pictures Association (MPA) at bat this year for the first time – will be previewing their upcoming slates in presentations starting with Sony’s tonight. The question that’s been dogging analysts is whether the theatrical industry can actually rebound to pre-Covid levels, or if there’s been a permanent structural change with streaming and consumer habits, and it can’t bounce back. Broadway’s breaking records right now, sporting events, concerts, all those things that we couldn’t do during Covid are all back and bigger than ever.” At the box office, he said, “the trend is not reversing.
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