Kathyn Dennet, center, and Brian Haver leave the IFC Center after viewing a screening on "Mank", Friday, March 5, 2021, in New York.
Theaters in many other areas reopened last summer around the release of Christopher Nolanās āTenet,ā but that attempted comeback fizzled.
āItās a symbolic moment,ā said Michael Barker, co-president of the New York-based Sony Pictures Classics, which on Friday released the Oscar contenders āThe Fatherā and āThe Truffle Huntersā in Manhattan theaters.
Some of the cityās prominent theaters, including the Film Forum, the Alamo Drafthouse, the Metrograph and Regal Cinemas were targeting openings in the coming weeks.
āWe in the movie theater business live off of movies that play all around the country and all around the world.