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Fortune
Chris Morris

Movie theater industry has closed 2,000 screens since 2019 due to pandemic losses

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As audiences stayed away from movie theaters during the worst days of the pandemic and the months that followed, theater owners warned that their business was in danger. Now we’re getting a better idea of the impact of the shutdown.

The National Cinema Foundation, a non-profit group that promotes the movie theater industry, says the U.S. lost just over 2,000 screens between 2019 and 2022, a 5.3% drop.

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