Theaters from as far south as Fort Myers, Florida to as far north as Tallahassee, are shuttered.
Their tentative re-opening date is tomorrow, Friday Sept. 27.
The major movies opening this weekend are DreamWorks AnimationsThe Wild Robotand LionsgatesMegalopolis.
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Downed trees and power outages are expected to be widespread and will no doubt impact cinema reopenings.
Per CNN, there were more than 225,000 homes and businesses without power in Florida.
Then theres the flooding already Naples, FL downtown is underwater.
While events are getting canceled in the Atlanta area, were still waiting to hear about cinemas closures there.
If the storm wounds up being less severe than that could be good for business.
The weekend box office then was down 32% from its previous frame.
