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‘No Time to Die’ Delay Shows Plight Facing Theater Chains

  • ‘Absent a miracle, the box office will regress,’ analyst says
  • Smaller exhibitors are cutting hours to try to hang on

An employee disinfects seats at a movie theater in Rio de Janeiro. 

Photographer: Andre Coelho/Bloomberg

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At the start of the pandemic, movie-theater operators thought life would begin to look normal again by now. Instead, many are facing a second reckoning.