For over two months the film industry around the world has been waiting for a sign. Something to suggest the potential for a return to normal operations. While cinemas around…
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Updated: It is now just over two months since most movie theaters across the US closed down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It is likely to be as long…
This week Gower Street has introduced a key new feature to our Road To Recovery reports: Growth Trackers by international market and US state/Canadian province. The re-opening of traditional cinemas…
Start spreading the news… New York, the US state hardest hit by the coronavirus, has allowed drive-in theaters to re-open from this past weekend. It is one of several states…
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Last week we introduced a new visualization showing the effect of COVID-19 on the Domestic release calendar. When viewing the big picture of the Domestic visualization it is natural to…
The central mantra of 1989 American movie classic FIELD OF DREAMS is often misquoted as “If you build it, they will come”. It was in fact “he” not “they” but,…
At Gower Street, we've been working hard over the last few weeks to find the best ways to show the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on release calendars around the…
The global box office hemorrhaged more than $3 billion in April bringing the total global losses in 2020, when compared to an average of the past three years, to $8.1…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its catastrophic effect on cinemas worldwide (less than 1% of global cinemas are currently open), Gower Street developed its 5-stage Blueprint To Recovery.…