On 5 October 2020, Cineworld announced the indefinite re-closure of all owned cinemas in the UK, Ireland, and United States from 8 October, citing the delay of major tentpole Hollywood films due to the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, and its continued inability to reopen cinemas in the key U.S. market of New York (which CEO Mooky Greidinger cited as having resulted in the delays). The decision came three days after the next James Bond film "No Time to Die" was delayed from November 2020 to 2 April 2021. The company stated that its decision would affect 45,000 workers, 5,500 of them in the UK, and 20,000 in the U.S.