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Arthur T Knackerbracket [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story [techspot.com]:

Interstellar debuted in late 2014, and features a star-studded cast including Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, and Matt Damon. It is set in a near dystopian future where humans have more or less destroyed Earth and are on the hunt for a new home elsewhere in the cosmos.

The flick earned an impressive $731 million at the box office during its first run a decade ago opposite a budget of just $165 million, and earned a score of 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes [rottentomatoes.com] versus a more favorable audience score of 86 percent.

Theatrical re-releases have been commonplace in Hollywood over the past few years and can be traced back to the Covid era. During the pandemic, film production halted worldwide and the theater industry nearly sank. Attendance [techspot.com] at AMC theaters in the US fell 96.8 percent in Q3 2020 compared to the previous year. Movies that were already complete saw on-demand releases [techspot.com] at home.

In an attempt to get butts back in seats and void going belly up, theater owners were willing to try anything and everything.

Some resorted to hosting private screenings [techspot.com] for a sizable sum, while others opted to rent auditoriums out to gamers [techspot.com]. Other exhibitors tested the waters with retro blockbuster screenings [techspot.com], bringing back classics like Jaws, Back to the Future, and Psycho at reduced rates to get people used to going to the movies again.

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