Philip Knatchbull is CEO of Curzon, the UK cinema chain that also operates a distribution business and VOD service, Curzon Home Cinema. It was an auspicious start to 2020 for Curzon, with its release of the Oscar-winning Parasite becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK box office history, topping out at close to $15M. That followed news two days before Christmas that billionaire Charles Cohen had acquired the company.
Fast forward three months into 2020 and the picture is a little less rosy, as it is for cinemas the world over. Curzon’s UK venues have been shuttered since March 17 as the country scrambles to contain the deadly spread of COVID-19. The bright side for Knatchbull and co is that Curzon has established itself as a multi-faceted business in the last decade, without an over reliance on the strict, traditional theatrical model.
Source: https://deadline.com/2020/04/covid19-crisis-curzon-ceo-surviving-closures-evolving-vod-1202898487/