'Close Encounters' Reissue Is The Only Thursday Preview As Exhibitors Brace For A Brutal Labor Day Weekend

As we wrote back in August, this is the first time in 25 years, distributors will not be releasing any new titles in north of 1,000 theaters. We all know how slow the Labor Day weekend stretch is, however the lack of product during a summer that’s the lowest dollar-wise in more than a decade with $3.78 billion doesn’t do any favors for theater owners or studios. Genre and specialty titles often grab some sort of audience over Labor Day, however, it’s clear that studios…