Regal Entertainment won’t be signing up for Paramount’s plan to redefine theatrical windows any time soon. On Thursday, Regal CEO Amy Miles criticized a deal between Paramount and two theater chains, AMC Entertainment and Cineplex, that will make Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension available digitally 17 days after they all but leave theaters. Miles said the economics of the deal did not make sense to Regal and that the company’s screens would be reserved for movies using a traditional release. She did, though, praise Paramount for allowing exhibitors to weigh in on its unusual arrangement with AMC and Cineplex.
