Cineplex Inc.’s chief executive is hoping that ending an agreement with a virtual reality golf company, films debuting in Canada before the U.S.
and a slew of COVID-19 measures will right his business as it struggles with mounting costs for movie theatres that sat closed for months.Ellis Jacob said Friday that his Toronto-based entertainment company had decided to mutually call off a deal with TopGolf that would have brought its sports complexes to Canada because it’s “simply not an opportune time” to invest in large projects.