I don't want to be far away The movie theater scene when the movie starts |
The cinemas, which were closed for more than two years after the covid epidemic and the military coup, were reopened in April 2022 under pressure from the Military Council Information Ministry.
At that time, due to the urging of the revolutionary forces to boycott actions that would support the re-operation of the military council mechanism, producers and theater owners were reluctant to reopen theaters due to concerns about security, including security.
But when cinemas are forced to reopen, people, It started again with the movie ``Way Mane Cheung Bu'' starring Ne Min and Shwe Shung Rati, and there were almost no moviegoers.
Yangon, Movie theaters in some big cities, including Mandalay, were reopened at the same time, and despite the release of films by artists who opposed the military coup and the Military Council Information Ministry, audiences did not return to theaters.
''When theaters reopened, they didn't come to see either Burmese films or English films. But the English car is very popular. It took more than 6 months and 7 months. If it's a high-end car, people enter the theater,'' said a producer.
On May 7, 2022, the Military Council's newspapers reported that U Maung Maung Ohn, the Minister of Information of the Military Council, said that the lack of people at the movie theaters at that time was because "fraudulent subversives" were obstructing them.
``The cars that were lined up before were called to continue showing when the theaters reopened, but there was no one to show because of the uncertainty of the market. Six months after the theaters reopened, the total revenue per film was less than one hundred thousand, and they struggled,'' said a member of the Myanmar Film Association.
