The head of the U.K. Cinema Association and a regular at the Barcelona trade show explains how the exhibition industry emerged from the pandemic in far better shape than first feared.
Cinemas in the U.K. have been back open for several months. What’s the situation looking like now?
I think it all looks very positive. Cinemas across the U.K. were able to open from early May onward. The fact that cinemas had to operate under social distancing and face covering and other restrictions meant that admissions were positive but not as high as we’d like them to be. And then from the middle of July onward, when restrictions in most of the U.K.
There were some tensions between exhibitors and studios last year about putting several big films — particularlyOne thing I would say is, actually, when you look at it on paper, a comparatively small number of major titles did go to streaming. Clearly, when they did, a great deal was made of it, but the overwhelming majority of films that were due for release in the period from March 2020 through to May 2021 are now being released in cinemas.
, with Disney now promising a cinema-first release for major titles for the rest of 2021. Is this a reason for the industry to celebrate? We’re pleased, obviously, that theatrical exclusivity has found favor with Disney. Would we have liked them to have come to that conclusion sooner? Of course. But there’s no sense of victory or crowing from our side. Part of the job of people on the cinema side is to continue not just to argue but to prove that both in terms of the experience and the economics for significant film titles, nothing beats being in the cinema.[James] Bond, particularly in recent years, is a big film in any year.
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