Follow LA Observed on Twitter here
AMC is shutting its theaters in Washington, Baltimore, and Norfolk, Va. due to the hurricane, and locations in NY, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts might be added to the list before the weekend is out. The other big chains have yet to decide what to do. This is not usually a big box office weekend, but it's still summer and shuttering so many theaters is certain to impact movie grosses nationwide. Also, Broadway will be dark on Saturday and Sunday, which means a huge loss in ticket sales during what would normally be a busy summer weekend. The last time this happened was after 9/11. And lots of concerts are being canceled. (The Wrap)
More by Mark Lacter:
American-US Air settlement with DOJ includes small tweak at LAXSocal housing market going nowhere fast
Amazon keeps pushing for faster L.A. delivery
Another rugged quarter for Tribune Co. papers
How does Stanford compete with the big boys?
Those awful infographics that promise to explain and only distort
Best to low-ball today's employment report
Further fallout from airport shootings
Crazy opening for Twitter*
Should Twitter be valued at $18 billion?
Recent Hollywood stories:
Obama meets with victims of LAX shooting*THR's Stephen Galloway wins entertainment journalist of the year
Finke, Waxman, Penske, Min: Battle of the Hollywood trades
Photos: AARP Films for Grownups Film Festival
Best thing about next year's Oscars night probably just happened
New at LA Observed
On the Politics Page
Go to Politics
Sign up for daily email from LA Observed
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.