Regal Cinemas to temporarily close all U.S. theaters, including 2 in Dayton region

The parent company of Regal Cinemas, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., is suspending operations at all of its locations in the U.S. starting Thursday. The 543-theater chain has two locations in the the Dayton region at The Mall at Fairfield Commons and at Deerfield Town Center in Mason. The movie industry has been hurt by state and local Covid-19 restrictions on operations, poor box-office returns from movies that have been released and a long list of postponed releases for much-anticipated…