Exhibitors and film distributors in Argentina have delayed the premieres of “Hannah Montana: The Movie” and other big releases as an outbreak of AH1N1 swine flu reaches attendance during winter break, the year’s greatest season. Admissions declined 34% from Thursday to Sunday compared with the previous week in spite of the premieres of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” and Sandra Bullock starrer “The Proposal,” according to box office tracker Ultracine.
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Up” saw admissions drop by 76% and 89%, respectively, over the same period. Some big draws will wait such “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” that will come out July 23 instead of July 16. Argentina has now exceeded Canada for third place in deaths from the swine flu. “Even though the health controls allow us to keep theaters open, our activity needs people,” Carlos Rottemberg, head of the Argentine Assn. of Theater Executives, said at a press conference Monday.
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Preparedness Pro said
July 8 2009 @ 3:29 pm
The movie theatre is unfortunately not one place you’ll want to be with the swine flu circulating around like this. It would be wise to skip the theater to instead rent movies and stay at home for your entertainment for a while. http://tinyurl.com/ms4t8b
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