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AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc AMC.N, the world's largest theater chain, said on Monday it plans to open more cinemas in the United States this week, offering some hope to an industry hammered by pandemic restrictions and sending its shares up 24%.

More than 7,000 movie screens will be dark in the U.S. this weekend as the Regal theater chain said it will shut down all 536 locations on Thursday.

Candy maker Mars is sponsoring the Bite Size Halloween series, which showcases short films to help families celebrate Halloween.

California's health secretary on Friday agreed to hear more input from theme park operators before issuing reopening guidelines, a step that further delays Walt Disney Co's DIS.N plans to welcome visitors back to Disneyland.

Cineworld CINE.L, the world's second-biggest cinema chain, will close its UK and U.S. movie theaters this week, leaving as many as 45,000 workers unemployed for the foreseeable future as it fights to survive a coronavirus collapse in film-making and cinema-going.

Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday it will lay off roughly 28,000 employees, mostly at its U.S. theme parks, where attendance has been crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, especially in California where Disneyland remains closed.

Oscar-winning film directors James Cameron, Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese joined forces with movie theater owners on Wednesday in an appeal for financial help, saying they feared for the future of the industry.

Disney massively overhauled its release calendar Wednesday, delaying its biggest films until well into 2021, a sign that the entertainment company has determined there is little future for theatrical moviegoing in the United States while the coronavirus pandemic remains unchecked..

Concerned about the NFL season and a dearth of new entertainment, marketers want flexibility.

As many teams cannot host fans in-person due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pepsi seeks to celebrate at-home team spirit with the contests, packaging and digital hubs for each team.