According to a survey among U.S. Americans conducted in April 2021, around 70 percent of the respondents who plan to not return to movie theaters after COVID-19 said they have access to the films they like on streaming platforms. About 67 percent of people who might go less often do it for the same reason.
Driving decision to not return or go less to theaters after COVID-19 in the United States in 2021
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The respondents answered to the following questions with multiple answers possible: "You said you might not ever go back to theather. Why is that?" and " You said you think you will go less often than you did before COVID-19. Why is that?"
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Media Play News. (May 20, 2021). Driving decision to not return or go less to theaters after COVID-19 in the United States in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238862/reasons-not-return-to-theather-us/
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