Surveying the Carnage: Movies, Sports and Education in Crisis

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• Direct releases are already making more than box office counterparts
• AMC is on the verge of bankruptcy (or buyout by Amazon) 
• Production is on hold; even when it resumes, likely to have strict rules on how it is carried out

• Depending on your study, between 61% and 72% of people surveyed say they’re unlikely to go to live sporting events even after lockdowns are lifted
• Colleges losing $18B+ in sports-related revenue 
• eSports alternatives surging, with conversations on Twitter up 71%

• Industry took eight years to recover from the Great Financial Crisis
• Ad spending already down massively in March/April – down 38% in digital, 41% on TV, 45% on Radio, 51% on outdoor. 

• Of public schools, only 22% are offering any live instruction 
• Before crisis, college debt had increased 107% between 2009 and 2019
• Since the 1980s, the cost to attend college has grown eight times the growth in wages 
• Estimates of 15% fewer enrollments and $23 billion in lost revenue

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