Hollywood produces seemingly fewer films each year and when a large number of those films fail to attract audiences – as was the case this past summer – the downturn in business hurts studios and theatres alike. Meanwhile, so-called over-the-top distributors such as Netflix, YouTube, Direct TV, Amazon and iTunes and others are offering a large and diverse selection of quality content that people around the world enjoy in growing numbers. Faced with those two realities, can movie theatres survive?