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LAST UPDATE: JUNE 22, 2022

Tracking the Return to Normal: Entertainment

Morning Consult is tracking how safe consumers feel participating in out-of-home entertainment activities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
By: Wesley Case

 

This tracker is part of a series from Morning Consult gauging when consumers will return to normal activities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Movie theaters, concert venues and amusement parks were just some of the businesses forced to shutter their doors when the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the United States in March 2020. And while some of these businesses have attempted to reopen and recover, not all consumers are ready to leave streaming behind and resume out-of-home entertainment. Morning Consult will continue to monitor consumer comfort in going to the movies, concerts, amusement parks, theaters and museums as the pandemic unfolds.

Comfort With Entertainment Activities
The share of U.S. adults who said they feel comfortable doing the following activities right now:
Weekly surveys are conducted among a representative sample of roughly 2,200 U.S. adults, with an unweighted margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Comfort With Going to the Movies
The share of respondents who said they feel comfortable going to a movie theater right now
Weekly surveys are conducted among a representative sample of roughly 2,200 U.S. adults, with an unweighted margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Comfort Going to the Movies Along Party Lines
The share of respondents who said they feel comfortable going to a movie theater right now
Weekly surveys are conducted among a representative sample of roughly 2,200 U.S. adults, with an unweighted margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Tracking When Consumers Feel Comfortable Returning to Movie Theaters
Respondents were asked when they would feel comfortable going to a movie theater
Weekly surveys are conducted among a representative sample of roughly 2,200 U.S. adults, with an unweighted margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Tracking When Consumers Feel Comfortable Returning to Concerts
Respondents were asked when they would feel comfortable going to a concert
Weekly surveys are conducted among a representative sample of roughly 2,200 U.S. adults, with an unweighted margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
How Much Time Are Consumers Spending With Streaming?
The share of respondents who said they are doing the following activities at least once a week:
Weekly surveys are conducted among a representative sample of roughly 2,200 U.S. adults, with an unweighted margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

Tracking the Return to Normal

“When will things return to normal?” is a common refrain murmured within political, business and health care leadership circles. To help answer this complicated question, Morning Consult is tracking a number of key indicators in its public opinion polling, from willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine to consumers’ comfort level in returning to leisure activities such as dining out to what people are streaming during the pandemic.

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