Victoria's re-opening after months in a secondary lockdown brought a small but important boost to Australia's recovery progress this week.
Gower Street was invited to take part in Comscore webinars for Germany and Spain last week, presenting the latest recovery information.
The past few weeks have witnessed a scale-back of global recovery as markets across the EMEA region have been forced to re-close due to rising virus cases and renewed governmental restrictions.
Gower Street's Rob Mitchell spoke to Variety this week for an article focused on the re-closure of cinemas across England.
Japan has become the first global market to achieve a Stage 5 "Recovery" level play-week for two consecutive weeks.
This week Gower Street looks at where the box office made globally since the beginning of August has been coming from, both regionally and by key markets.
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Japan has become only the second global market to achieve a "full recovery" level on Gower Street's Blueprint To Recovery.
Xochitl charted the progress of open markets in Latam and Spain, and analysed performance during the reopening period of cinemas in Mexico.
Both independent distributors and exhibitors in the UK have seen and grasped an opportunity as Hollywood studios continue release delays.