“Unfortunately I missed similar message in Universal’s announcement … not only did Universal provide no commitment for the future window - but Universal was the only studio that tried to take advantage of the current crisis and provide a ‘day-and-date’ release of a movie that was not yet released.”ĪMC Theatres Rolls Out Tiered Pricing That Makes a Good Seat Even More ExpensiveĪng Lee Was 'Frustrated' with Eric Bana 'Hulk' Film: CGI Wasn't 'Capable' of Handling Superhero Movies YetĢ023 Emmys Predictions: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie “All our partners called us in timely manner and told us that in the current situation they want to shorten window for movies that were already released as cinemas are closing, most importantly, they all reassured us that there will be no change to their window policy once the cinema business returned,” Greidinger said to Roberts. The statement recounts a conversation Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger had with Brian Roberts, the chairman of Universal parent Comcast, on March 19. “Today we make it clear again that we will not be showing movies that fail to respect the windows as it does not make any economic sense for us,” the company wrote in a statement.

Update April 29: Regal Entertainment owner Cineworld Group, the world’s second-biggest circuit, is following in AMC’s footsteps.

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