Walmart is converting some of its parking lots into drive-in theaters for the summer as the screenplay industry struggles among the coronavirus pandemic.
The retail behemoth is converting 160 of its parking lots crossed the US into drive-ins. These theaters will operative in early Ceremonial as well-built as remain operative through October. The Walmart Drive-In will humaneness movies programmed by Tribeca Enterprises, the congregation abaft the Tribeca Film Festival, which recurrently launched a summer screenplay drive-in series bringing films, music, as well-built as sportsmanly events to as many US drive-ins as possible.
Walmart has not disclosed whether attendees will have to pay a price of admission. Though, antecedently of festival drive-in screening, Walmart says it will shovel concessions for moviegoers, which they can payoff online for curbside pick-up antecedently of the film screening. Theaters tend to make a good-tasting cleat of their profits on concessions, therefrom Walmart could perquisition in the industry's lead.
Movie theater duress have struggled financially during the pandemic. Duress like AMC as well-built as Regal are trying to reopen therefrom they can make money again, though major blockbuster releases, including Christopher Nolan's Tenet as well-built as the live-action revolutionize of Mulan, keep getting delayed. While screenplay theaters have self-evident a steep decline, drive-in theaters have self-evident an increase in popularity because of their contact-free nature.
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