Regal and Cinemark Drop Netflix’s Cliff Booth IMAX Run

Netflix’s planned two-week IMAX release of The Further MisAdventures of Cliff Booth will not include Regal or Cinemark, narrowing the film’s theatrical reach ahead of its scheduled November 25 opening. AMC and some smaller cinemas are expected to screen the film before it arrives on Netflix on December 23. The release is planned as an IMAX-exclusive engagement lasting two weeks. The film, written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by David Fincher, stars Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth, reprising the character from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The 2019 film was directed by Tarantino; he is not directing the follow-up. Regal and Cinemark, two of the largest U.S. theater chains, have opted out of the booking. Reports describe the holiday period as a crowded theatrical corridor, with other releases competing for premium-format screens. The precise reasons for the two chains’ decisions have not been publicly established in the accounts of the booking. AMC and independent or smaller theaters are set to carry the film. One report estimates the planned rollout at about 550 screens worldwide, including 200 in the United States, with AMC holding most of the U.S. locations. Those figures are...