Drive-in movies stage a comeback in COVID-19 era

With theatres closed to curb the pandemic, drive-ins are a safe option for cinemagoers

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A man watches a film at the Drive-in Cinema in Denia becoming the first cinema to open at thirty percent capacity since lockdown restrictions were eased in certain regions in Spain.
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People sit in their cars watching a movie in a drive-in cinema at the Mall of the Emirates, following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The screen of a drive-in cinema at Carrasco International Airport in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Department, near the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
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People in their cars attend a popup drive-in movie night at Bel Air Diner in Queens, New York City. The retro diner, which opened 1965, set up the drive-in cinema on its parking lot and shows movies once a week during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An usher checks the ticket of a passenger at a drive-in cinema outside the Mall of Emirates in Dubai.
AFP
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A Chevrolet stands in front of a 500 square meter screen at the opening of the drive-in cinema in the Ostragehege during the film "Le Mans 66"
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Cars are seen at a provisional drive-in cinema organised by the Neovaude organisation in front of the ruin of the Phoenix West steel mill, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Dortmund, Germany.
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People in their cars attend a popup drive-in movie night at Bel Air Diner in Queens, New York.
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People in their cars attend a popup drive-in movie night at Bel Air Diner in Queens, New York
AFP
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The screen of a drive-in cinema at Carrasco International Airport in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Department, near the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
AFP
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General view of at a drive-in cinema at Carrasco International Airport in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Department, near the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
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General view of at a drive-in cinema at Carrasco International Airport in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones Department, near the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
AFP

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