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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW: TWO OF L.A.'S HIGHEST GROSSING MULTIPLEXES ARE NOW FLYING AMC'S FLAG -- 14 SCREENS AT THE GROVE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD & 18 SCREENS AT AMERICANA AT BRAND IN GLENDALE. BOTH DEALS TO RE-OPEN SHUTTERED CINEMAS (FORMERLY PACIFIC THEATRES/ARCLIGHT) WERE DONE WITH L.A. REAL ESTATE MOGUL RICK CARUSO, WHOSE CARUSO PROPERTIES OWNS BOTH HIGH PROFILE OUTDOOR MALL LOCATIONS....

AMC EMPHASIZED IT "REMAINS IN ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING ADDITIONAL CURRENTLY CLOSED LOCATIONS." PER CEO/PRESIDENT ADAM ARON: "AMC IS PROUD TO BE EXPANDING IN THE MOVIE-MAKING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. AND WE ARE EAGER TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SHOWCASING FOR OUR GUESTS AT THESE TWO THEATRES THE EXCITING LINEUP OF MOVIES SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF 2021."...

46TH ANNUAL TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (9/9-18) WILL BENEFIT FROM CANADA'S BORDER RE-OPENING JUST SET FOR 9/7 FOR TRAVELERS FROM ALL COUNTRIES WITH PROOF THEY'RE FULLY VACCINATED. AMERICANS FULLY VAXXED CAN ENTER CANADA STARTING 8/9. PANDEMIC DOUBTS ABOUT FILMMAKERS BEING ABLE TO GET INTO CANADA FOR TIFF LED TO SCALED BACK 2021 FESTIVAL -- BUT WITH ENOUGH HIGH PROFILE PICTURES FOR TIFF TO REMAIN MAJOR AWARDS SEASON PLATFORM....

AT&T EARNINGS CALL WITH WALL STREET ANALYSTS INCLUDED REASSURANCES FROM OUTGOING WARNER MEDIA CEO JASON KILAR THAT "THE MOTION PICTURE FORMAT ABSOLUTELY MATTERS." AT&T TOLD INVESTORS HBO MAX & ORIGINAL HBO HAD STRONG SECOND QUARTER, PICKING UP 2.8M NEW SUBSCRIBERS BETWEEN THEM. THEIR COMBINED U.S. TOTAL IS NOW 47M SUBS....

"I CERTAINLY DON'T SEE US GOING BACK TO THE WAY THE WORLD WAS IN 2015 OR '16 OR '17, WHERE WINDOWS WERE QUITE LENGTHY," KILAR NOTED. "I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THIS INDUSTRY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND TO CONTINUE TO INNOVATE IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY WORKS FOR CONSUMERS AND FANS BUT ALSO WORKS FOR OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS."...

PREVIEWS THURSDAY NIGHT FOR UNIVERSAL'S "OLD" & PARAMOUNT'S "SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS" SHOW BOTH FILMS ON TRACK FOR MID-TEENS OPENINGS, AS EXHIBITORS & MEDIA ANALYSTS ANTICIPATE. "OLD" TOOK IN ABOUT $1.5M AT 2,750 LOCATIONS WHILE "SNAKE" DID $1.4M AT 2,662 THEATRES. CLOSE RACE LIKELY BETWEEN TWO TITLES. WILL HELP THAT NEITHER IS STREAMING DAY & DATE. WILD CARDS: WB'S "SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY" & DISNEY/MARVEL'S "BLACK WIDOW," BOTH OF WHICH COULD ALSO WIND UP IN MID-TEENS, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY HOLD....

TRACKING GIVES AVERAGE FIRST CHOICE EDGE TO "OLD" (EQUAL TO NORM) VS. "SNAKE" (TWO POINTS UNDER NORM). TOP DEMO FOR "OLD" IS +25F (TWO POINTS OVER NORM). "SNAKE'S" TOP DEMO IS -25M (EQUAL TO NORM). ALL ARE SINGE DIGIT SCORES, NOT PACKING SAME DOUBLE DIGIT PUNCH AS RECENT HITS LIKE "F9," "BLACK WIDOW" OR "SPACE JAM."...

DISNEY'S "JUNGLE CRUISE," OPENING 7/30, SHOWING GOOD TRACKING STRENGTH WITH AVERAGE FIRST CHOICE SCORE TWO POINTS OVER NORM. STRONGEST DEMO IS +25F WITH DOUBLE DIGIT SCORE THAT'S TWICE NORM. -25F ARE NEXT BEST DEMO (TWO POINTS OVER NORM). ...

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