Surprising no one, people are still way too scared to visit movie theaters

[Andy Meek]

• Movie theaters around the country are slowly starting to open back up again, implementing stringent new safety measures along the way as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
• So far, however, the public hasn't returned in droves to catch new films like Tenet on the big screen. People are still too scared about being inside enclosed, indoor spaces like movie theaters with other people for an extended period of time.
• The movie industry is predicting a tough fall and beyond as a result of that factor, shifting and delaying several upcoming major movie releases like Black Widow.

I'm probably going to go back again sometime this week to see director Christopher Nolan's blockbuster Tenet, his trippy, time-bending thriller starring John David Washington -- which also happens to be the first movie I've seen on a big screen I think for the entirety of 2020. Like last time, though, I'll be doing so at my local drive-in, as I'm one of the millions of erstwhile cinema patrons who new data shows are still just too scared of the coronavirus to risk sitting in an enclosed movie theater for an extended period of time. No matter how many safety precautions those theaters swear they've taken, and no matter how much they promise that seating will be capped -- and patrons sufficiently spaced out -- because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Like many business sectors, movie theaters around the country are kinda, sorta open again -- but it's all relative, really. Nothing is back to normal, and there are myriad restrictions in place depending on where you are in the country and where you're trying to go. The latest data on theater ticket sales, meanwhile, only reaffirms how unconvinced people are that it's okay to sit in an enclosed space for two hours or more, around strangers whose health you obviously can't vouch for, to watch a movie.

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