Movie theaters are reopening. Will fans return?

Movie theaters in the U.S. are reopening, complete with ribbon-cutting ceremonies to celebrate the dusting off of seats more than a year after movie houses across the country went completely dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Indeed, crowded theaters with packed seating to watch Hollywood's latest releases posed a tremendous risk to Americans' health when COVID-19 infection rates were at their peak, testing was scarce and effective vaccines were nonexistent.  But as the vaccine rollout accelerates and restrictions on businesses loosen, cinema operators are reopening theaters with social distancing and other safety measures in place.