Cineworld to reopen UK cinemas in May and US Regal theatres at Easter

World's second-largest cinema operator plans to open UK chain from 17 May in line with Covid-19 restrictions

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Cineworld, the world's second-largest cinema operator, will reopen its screens in the US next month to coincide with the new film releases Godzilla vs Kong and Mortal Kombat, and has struck an exclusivity agreement with Warner Bros.

Cineworld, whose cinemas have been shut for the past six months because of the Covid-19 pandemic, said some of its 536 Regal theatres in the US would open on Good Friday for Godzilla vs Kong, the fourth film in Legendary Entertainment's MonsterVerse. The remainder will reopen with Mortal Kombat on 16 April.