AMC movie theater reopens in Danbury

The AMC movie theater chain reopened on Thursday with new procedures and limits in place. Tickets cost just 15 cents on opening day. An AMC location in Danbury, Conn., was among those that opened. AMC's management said it capped attendance at 30% of capacity and implemented new cleaning procedures. The theaters are using electrostatic sprayers, HEPA vacuums, and MERV-13 air-filtration systems in an attempt to keep moviegoers safe and healthy. Reported by Mac King

AMC Theatres, the nation's largest movie theater chain, reopened in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie. AMC Entertainment, which owns the chain, had said that it expected to open the doors to more than 100 cinemas — or about a sixth of its nationwide locations — with throwback pricing for a day.

AMC theaters have reopened in numerous international countries but have remained shuttered in the U.S. since March. The chain touted the reopening as "Movies in 2020 at 1920 Prices."

After several false starts due to a summer rise in coronavirus cases throughout much of the U.S., widespread moviegoing is currently set to resume in late August. Regal Cinemas, the second-largest chain, is to reopen some U.S. locations on Aug. 21.

During its opening-day promotion, AMC will show catalog films, including "Ghostbusters," "Black Panther," "Back to the Future" and "Grease." Those older films will continue to play afterward for $5.

AMC confirmed that Disney's much-delayed "New Mutants" will debut in theaters Aug. 28, with Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" to follow Sept. 3. Warner Bros. is planning to release "Tenet" a week earlier internationally, including in Canada. A handful of smaller new releases are also planned for late August, including "Unhinged," a thriller from Solstice Studios with Russell Crowe; and Armando Iannucci's "Personal History of David Copperfield," from Disney's Fox Searchlight.

Connecticut has allowed movie theaters to reopen. But several states, including New York, have not.