他们认为，大型连锁影院采取所谓出空的手段来威胁影片发行商，地方影院才难以预订首轮放映。

Big theater chains, they say, prevent locally owned theaters from booking first-run movies by bullying movie distributors in a practice known as clearing.

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许多影院已分解成多剧场影剧院或变成了“电影院烤肉馆”，在放映一些非首轮放映影片的同时供应汉堡包和啤酒。

Many have been split into multiplexes or converted into cinegrills, offering burgers and beer along with second-run flicks.

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许多影院已分解成多剧场影剧院或变成了“电影院烤肉馆”，在放映一些非首轮放映影片的同时供应汉堡包和啤酒。

Many have been split into multiplexes or converted into cinegrills, offering burgers and beer along with second-run flicks.

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