LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is finally revving up the summer blockbuster engines for the first time since COVID-19 idled the movie business.
“F9,” the ninth installment in the popular “Fast & Furious” saga, hits United States and Canadian cinemas on Thursday night. The movie is the first big-budget action spectacle being released exclusively in theaters this year.
Cinema operators hope “F9” will kick-start domestic ticket sales to help them recover from extended closures and restricted reopening with few new movies to show.
Comcast Corp’s Universal Pictures postponed the May 2020 release to give fans the chance to safely watch “F9” on a big screen in a crowd, director Just…
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