This date change is Tenet’s third in the span of a month and drastically alters the theatrical moviegoing landscape in a popcorn-movie season that has already seen such presumed blockbusters as F9, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, and Minions: The Rise of Gru vacate their summer release dates to reschedule for late 2020 or spring-summer 2021.

And with foreign ticket sales expected to account for around two-thirds of Tenet’s overall gross - with theaters in territories across Asia and Europe returning to normalcy much more quickly than their North American counterparts - that could include an international launch prior to the film’s arrival in domestic multiplexes. is teeing up a radically atypical distribution scheme diverging from the kind of day-and-date, around-the-world release that would normally accompany an event movie of Tenet’s scope and scale.

Thanks to the continued shuttering of America’s largest theater chains due to COVID-19 concerns, Warner Bros. yanked director Christopher Nolan’s Tenet from its August 12 release date, delaying the $200 million thriller’s theatrical rollout to an unspecified date later this year. On Monday, after days of studio hand-wringing and fevered industry speculation, Warner Bros. officially yanked Christopher Nolan’s movie from its August 12 release date, indefinitely delaying its theatrical rollout.Īnd just like that, the Summer of No Blockbusters is official.

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