The recent news coming from overseas countries affected by the global Coronavirus outbreak are worrying for all industries. For the showbiz, the theaters in New Zealand and Australia will be shut down until the end of May to combat the spread of the virus.
#BreakingNews: ALL theatres [Event, Village] shut for 8 weeks *till May-end* 2020 in #Australia, #NZ, #Fiji… NO new release in that region *till May-end*… Hoyts shut too.
FYI: #Indian filmmakers, distributors, Studios. #Sooryavanshi #83TheFilm #Radhe #LaxmmiBomb #CoolieNo1 pic.twitter.com/yojTIOwCzw
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 23, 2020
No new releases planned in the respective countries until the end of May month. Sources say Thalapathy Vijay’s Master which was slated for April 9th release will have to wait and the makers are now mulling over a release in June after things get back to normalcy.
Vijay’s films have continuously done well in the foreign territories, pulling in over $10 million lifetime total from offshore markets consecutively. So, the team has now decided to play the wait game until things are back in control everywhere.
#USA: AMC Theatres closed for 6-12 weeks… OFFICIAL statement… #CoronaVirus #COVID19 #AMCTheatres https://t.co/Q4NqGR2fAh
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 23, 2020