Regal Cinema 10 in the Moraine Point Plaza in Butler Township.

Shares in the company that owns the Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theaters fell as much as 58% after it said it will temporarily close the venues because delays to the latest James Bond film left it with few blockbusters to attract customers during the pandemic.

Cineworld Group Plc said Monday that 536 Regal cinemas in the U.S. and 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse venues in the U.K. would close on Thursday. Some 45,000 employees are affected.

No one answered the phone Monday at the Regal Cinema 10 in the Moraine Point Plaza in Butler Township.

Read more about this story in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.