Re-opening of cinemas with social distancing will make us loose money – FIPAG president

President of the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) James Aboagye, has said that he does not support the calls for the reopening of cinemas amid the pandemic even though many sectors of the economy are fully operating.

Speaking on Daybreak Hitz, he said that unlike other sectors, the movie industry, producers included, will lose a lot of money if they show their films in cinemas while observing social distancing. Mr Aboagye explained that the maximum number many cinemas in Ghana can take is 500 at a time. Thus, if people are observing social distancing the maximum capacity will reduce to 250.

“How much will they pay and how much is going to be given to the producer? Because, the sharing proportion is that, a cinema operator takes between 40% and 50% and the producer takes the rest.”

“Looking at the cost of operating the cinemas, if the cinema operator take 60% and the producer gets 40% you can calculate how much is 40% of 250. If the nation is going to open the cinema and ask us to observe the protocols to me it doesn’t make sense, we better close,” he added

Roland Amartey

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