The decision follows the worst weekend in more than two decades at the North American box office last week. Universal Pictures said it was also pausing the circulation to the media of box office data. Movie studios typically release box office receipts from movie theaters around the world that measure the popularity of their films with the public. Movie theaters in China, Hollywood’s biggest overseas market, have been shuttered for weeks because of the virus. Hollywood’s two other main movie studios - Sony Pictures and Warner Bros - did not immediately respond to queries on Thursday on whether they also planned to stop releasing box office data.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 23, 2020 09:00 UTC