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Cinema giants delay reopening in UK and US as movie releases stall

Cineworld and AMC push restarts back three weeks to end of July, blaming rescheduled summer blockbusters – while debate over hygiene rules continues

The UK’s largest chain of cinemas has pushed back its scheduled reopening date by three weeks, in response to further delays to the opening of key titles such as Mulan and Tenet.

Cineworld, which runs multiplexes and the Picturehouse chain in the UK, as well as Regal cinemas in the US, will now open the doors to its venues on 31 July. In a statement, the company attributed the move to shifts for release date to Christopher Nolan’s Tenet (now due 12 August) and Disney’s Mulan (now due 21 August).

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