“We lose less money in closures than in demoralizing teams with arrivals,” says the director of the institution. For the first time in its history
“We lose less money in closures than in demoralizing teams with arrival,” says the director of the institution.
For the first time in its history, the Grand Rex cinema closes its doors in August. A 7-screen Parisian cinema complex, which has existed since 1932, and which is the victim of a large drop in attendance and an absence of blockbusters, as a result of the health crisis.
“Between the drop in attendance and the insufficient offer of films, especially American ones, which are mostly visited in summer, we have decided to close our doors from the afternoon of August 3. Our reopening at the end of August will depend on it. , from movies to plays,” Alexandre Hellmann, director of Grand Rex, said Monday.
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“We’re losing less money to shut down than we are to demoralize support teams. If all goes well, we hope to reopen on August 26, with a big US launch, before the Harry Potter marathon that we’re proposing starting anyway. 29” “added Alexander Hellmann.
“Addressing the reality of the moment”
Following the postponement of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, which relied on theater operators to restart attendance, Disney announced the postponement of its big-budget Mulan, the live-action version of the famous cartoon. .
In a message on its Facebook page, Cinema Parisien points out that this temporary closure was made “in response to the reality of the moment.” “Movies, especially American ones, have been delayed every day. Therefore, we did not have enough new content to offer,” the complex adds.
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Located on the grand boulevards of Paris, The Grand Rex has a 2,700-seat hall, equipped with a huge 300m2 screen, and also hosts concerts. A month after reopening under a progressive lack of confinement, French cinemas are facing a general decline in attendance, according to the Federation nationale des cinemas français, with two-thirds of the theaters empty.
Date updated: July 27, 2020, 4:58 PM
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