Global box office could take multibillion-dollar hit from coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak has forced almost all of China’s movie theaters to go dark — and could strike a multibillion-dollar blow to global box offices, a new report says. The outbreak that has claimed more than 100 lives reportedly led film exhibitors to shut down about 70,000 screens in China, which helped power last year’s record-breaking global movie grosses.

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