Daenerys Targaryen finally succumb to their growing feelings for each other and have sex, neither aware that Jon is her nephew, a fact recently uncovered by Jon's friend Sam and brother Bran. Neither of them are aware that the Night King has revived Viserion as wight, and breaches the Wall with dragonfire. Daenerys is one of the most popular characters of the book series. "The New York Times" called Daenerys, together with Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow, one of Martin's "finest creations". "Rolling Stone" ranked Daenerys Targaryen at No. 1 on a list of "Top 40 "Game of Thrones" Characters", calling her
Regal Cinemas offices were closed. Regal and United Artists had attempted to merge before in 1998, using a similar method. Investment firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst announced plans to acquire Regal, then merge it with UA (which would be bought by Hicks, Muse) and Act III (controlled by KKR), with the new company using the Regal Cinemas name. UA eventually dropped out of the merger, but the merger between Regal and Act III went through. As Regal consolidated the three chains, CineMedia began work on a new digital distribution system to provide a new "preshow", replacing the