Despite ‘Barbenheimer’ U.K. Cinemas Are Not Out of the Darkness, Says Vue Chief: ‘Our Issue Is Not Enough Movies’
Naman Ramachandran Despite the humongous success of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in the U.K. and Ireland, the territory’s theatrical exhibition business is not out of the darkness yet, the Vue cinema chain chief has said. Speaking to the Sky News podcast, Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Vue International, hailed an “amazing summer” citing the latest films in the “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Mission Impossible” franchises and the “absolutely phenomenal” “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.” “We knew it was going to be big.