

Even with restrictions, Los Angeles accounted for nearly 9% of all movie tickets sold this weekend, according to Comscore.

Cinemas in the City of Angels were given permission to resume operations on March 12, but most film exhibitors weren’t able to get up and running until now.Ĭapacity in Los Angeles area movie theaters will be capped at 25%, or 100 people per auditorium, which is double the limit in New York, where its restricted to 50 people. Disney can thank the reopening of Los Angeles movie theaters for the stellar hold in ticket sales. “Raya and the Last Dragon” collected $5.2 million from 2,261 theaters through Sunday, representing a scant 5% decline. FILE PHOTO: A moviegoer shops at concession stands retrofitted with plexiglass partitions before the movie "Raya and the Last Dragon" on the reopening day of El Capitan theatre during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 19, 2021.
