During the shutdown of everything, theaters couldn't open up and let people in. Now movies are so full the theaters seem to be collapsing even more.
Cineworld is declaring bankruptcy, and AMC dropped 40% TheStreet: What Charts Say for AMC Stock After 40% Plunge.
It feels like there is a push to keep people at home, or locked in at their jobs for companies like Google or Apple.
I would actually chock this up to market forces. We're entering an age where kids have had internet and """smart""" devices for as long as they've been alive, and have no nostalgia for the movie theater. Where once kids were begging their parents to take them to see the next Harry Potter, the new generation can't be bothered. Combine this with the absolute shit that Hollywood has been producing, and the prevalence of direct-to-streaming movies, and you get a theater collapse.