Deep discounts on tickets were offered to lure moviegoers back into the reopened Texas theaters
From left: 'Trolls World Tour,' 'Bloodshot' and 'I Still Believe' were among the films that played at Santikos Entertainment.Hollywood and theater owners received welcome news over the weekend as 3,000 moviegoers showed up at a trio of San Antonio-area theaters that have reopened early with strict social distancing measures in place.
The three locations are operated by Santikos Entertainment, a mainstay of the sprawling Texan city. The upscale Palladium Imax, which boasts 19 auditoriums, generated $7,019 in ticket sales, according to those with access to Comscore theater grosses.Tickets were also discounted to $5.41 at Santikos' nearby Cibolo and Casa Blanca locations, which generated $3,374 and $5,496 in sales, respectively, bringing the total attendance for the three cinemas to just under 3,000 people.
While those numbers wouldn't normally impress, studio executives were heartened, particularly since there are no new releases. The Santikos marquee instead boasts such titles as
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