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      Behind the
                                                                          Ever since  the pan-

                                                                          demic  began; the  only

      Curtains                                                            thing that was on  our

                                                                          minds was how to keep

                                                                          our families safe and how
      of Corona                                                           to  survive  these terrify-

                                                                          ing times; however, while

                                                                          protecting our health by

                                                                          staying home, thousands

      The Impact of COVID-19 On                                           of businesses firms and


      Filmmaking Production                                               industries were affected,
                                                                          many have  disappeared
      Karim Shafik                                                        and contracted from the



       market while others have sprung  were therefore  closed  and  shut                                                    -me decision. As a consequence  42 billion dollars, Hollywood has

      up benefitting from the pandem- off.  In the  United  States,  on                                                      to the previous choices, movie in- to face massive losses this year.

      ic. One of those industries that  March 15, hundreds of theaters                                                       dustries from different countries  After  making 2,79  billion  dol-

      were  massively  affected  by  the  had closed because there was no                                                    have lost billions of dollars, and  lars with the release of Avengers

      Coronavirus was the  cinematic  demand for cinemas or because                                                          many people involved in this in- Endgame,  Marvel  Studios  were

      industry, which has lost billions  the community had demanded so.                                                      dustry were affected financially;  facing significant losses this year

      of dollars.                                            Two days after the United States                                around 200 000 film and media  and were forced to delay all their

                                                             has restricted  social gatherings                               professionals have lost their job, future projects, whether movies
      The pandemic has stricken fear  and  the  gates  of cinemas  were                                                                                                              or series. Their movie Black Wid-

      in  citizens’  hearts across the  closed for five months, to be reo-                                                   Hollywood has lost  around  20  ow was supposed to be released

      globe; we see that they have start- pened on August 21st. Likewise,                                                    billion  dollars  because  of the  during May,  September  23rd;

      ed avoiding indoor  and  crowd- in Egypt, prime minister Mosta-                                                        pandemic, which is the most chal- Marvel Studios has declared that

      ed places to prevent the risk of  fa Madbouly has banned cinema                                                        lenging time for the movie-mak- the film will be delayed to 2021,

      catching the wretched virus. Cin- screenings on the 17th of March,                                                     ing industry in the past 20 years.  which forced Marvel also to post-

      emas being indoors  and  closed  which is the same day the United                                                      After making a world record for  pone all the movies and projects
      were considered dangerous and  States has officially made the sa-                                                      box office revenue last year, with that are supposed to come after


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