Cinema: can platforms supplant dark rooms?

The film industry is looking for a way out.

While it had peaked last year, amassing nearly $ 45 billion, the global box office suddenly stalled.

The fall is dizzying: in 2020, its revenues are expected to collapse by more than 65% to $ 15.5 billion, according to forecasts by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

From upstream production to downstream film distribution, the entire ecosystem is now being knocked out by the Covid-19 epidemic.

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This disaster scenario, even the greatest directors of Hollywood would have been unable to anticipate it.

A year ago, Disney had never been so powerful.

The ogre entertainment reaping alone over 11 billion dollars at the worldwide box office and hoisted seven of his blockbusters, like of

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The trend reversal is brutal.

In spring

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