Cinema chain Vue will physically isolate family groups and stagger film times as part of social distancing measures to allow it to reopen across the UK in July.
Vue, one of the largest cinema operators in Europe, outlined some of the measures following the government’s announcement on Monday that UK cinemas could be allowed to open from 4 July.
UK cinema operators are desperate to reopen as the financial toll from lockdown since mid-March mounts.
A small-scale reopening of cinemas in China in mid-March was abruptly halted by the government amid fears of a second wave of infections.