The S&P snapshot shows China, where cinemas were closed for more than five months, with box office down by 98%. Box office in Japan, where cinemas closed much later, was down 75% with a gross of $216 million. Korea recorded box office of $181 million, a decline of 79%. Australia managed $116 million, a year-over-year decrease of 73%.

Audiences will be able to watch "Downtown 81" and "Blue Velvet" while enjoying a meal crafted by a Michelin-starred chef.

Opening theatres with 25% capacity will be a financial disaster with far-reaching repercussions for the film and the industry.

“Tenet” may still be able to salvage a summer release after all — at least outside of the United States. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller, from Warner Bros., will debut internationally starting on Aug. 26 before opening in select cities in the U.S. over Labor Day weekend on Sept. 3.

Produced by Vashu Bhagnani's Pooja Entertainment, 'Bellbottom' is one of the first films to announce resumption of shooting schedule in the wake of coronavirus-induced lockdown, which had brought the entertainment industry to a grinding halt.

The project will be produced by filmmaker Anubhav Sinha’s Benares Mediaworks. Other filmmakers contributing to the anthology include Ketan Mehta, Sudhir Mishra, Hansal Mehta and Subhash Kapoor.

While video content on technology, gadgets, fashion and sports are preferred to be consumed in English, according to the report, programmes around food, entertainment and education are deemed better in local languages.

Piya Sengupta, the president of Eastern India Motion Picture Association (EIMPA), said a similar appeal was made to the stakeholders a month ago, but very few have come forward to contribute to the cause. She also said that single-screen theatre owners and employees are among the hardest hit, and some of them are finding it difficult to make ends meet.

In some 200 pages of documents, submitted as evidence Parmar says UC news both censored news that could be detrimental to China and also created fake news.