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Movie Theaters Struggle to Draw Crowds as Coronavirus Stay-at-Home Orders Ease

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Melanie Parker didn’t know what to expect when she reopened Sweet Onion Cinemas in Vidalia, Ga., shortly after the governor lifted the stay-at-home order.

It’s been a few weeks now, and the attendance numbers are pretty dismal. The first weekend, 34 people came through the doors.

The next weekend, it dropped to 14. Parker changed the lineup, adding some Christian movies, and it picked back up to 39 — still a fraction of a typical weekend before the pandemic. “They’re scared,” Parker says.

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