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Batman, The Flash Deal Another Blow to AMC and Cinemark

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For Walt Disney&#39;s(<b>DIS</b>) &#34;Spider-Man: Now Way Home,&#34; the answer was no, but will that be true for films that consumers aren&#39;t quite as excited about?</p><p>The answer to that question may decide whether AMC Entertainment(<b>AMC</b>) and Cinemark(<b>CNK</b>) have viable businesses that can grow back to their pre-pandemic windows.</p><p><b>What Has Batman Done to AMC and Cinemark?</b></p><p>AT&amp;T&#39;s(<b>T</b>) Warner Bros. film studio controls the DC Comics extended universe (DCEU). 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For Walt Disney's(DIS) \"Spider-Man: Now Way Home,\" the answer was no, but will that be true for films that consumers aren't quite as excited about?The answer to that question may decide whether AMC Entertainment(AMC) and Cinemark(CNK) have viable businesses that can grow back to their pre-pandemic windows.What Has Batman Done to AMC and Cinemark?AT&T's(T) Warner Bros. film studio controls the DC Comics extended universe (DCEU). That's the series of films starring the Justice League characters including Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and, of course, Batman.The DCEU has not been nearly as successful as Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) which routinely produces billion-dollar box office while making bankable franchise stars out of lesser characters like Ant-Man and Dr. Strange.DC arguably has some of the biggest names in comics, but its success rate -- especially in the current era of films -- has been hit or miss. That makes its latest news a real problem, at least potentially, for the two big theater chains.WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has said that upcoming films from his company will have a theater-exclusive window in 2022. That changed the company's pandemic-era policy where movies like \"Wonder Woman: 1984\" were released on HBO Max on the same day they came out in theaters.That window, however, will be brief compared to how things used to be.\"Think about when movies would show up on HBO, which is eight to nine months after theatrical premiere. The Batman is going to show up on day 46 on HBO Max. 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