ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theaters to close permanently.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by FrederikWolferson

How did any theater survive 2020?

This would still have happened, with the arrival of Internet services. What the Coronavirus did was just speeding up the process. But remember how cinemas were right before the pandemic.

People were talking in mobile telephones while the movies were played, disturbing other people. Why would people go to such a place? Yes, you miss the big screen and all that. But does it matter if someone ruins your day?

And then you had the commercials and trailers playing before the movie, even if you had just paid an expensive price for the tickets.