With the global coronavirus pandemic being handled differently in countries worldwide, the state of local film and theater industries also vary. While some countries are reopening, others like Italy are closing theaters for several weeks.

Variety reports that Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has recently announced new health and safety measures meant to curb rising coronavirus infections in the country, with one of those measures being the closure of movie theaters until Nov. 24.

The measures come after the country experienced a new high of 21,273 infections and 128 deaths just this Sunday. While the new measures were expected given the numbers, exhibitors protested the theater closures, saying that it would have a “devastating impact” on the industry.

While theaters have been open in Italy since June, the lack of big Hollywood movies has made it difficult for owners to make any money. The fear is that the current cinema closures will extend all the way to Christmas, which owners are saying will result in the death of the exhibition sector.

Deadline adds that the theater closures come after Italy successfully held the Venice International Film Festival last September. Just this weekend, the publication says the Italian box office was able to bring in $1.57 million in box office receipts. However, it is still a decrease compared to the $2.25 million earned during the same period last year.

The bleak outlook of Italian movie theater owners is reflected in other countries that have been unable to control the global coronavirus pandemic. Just a few weeks ago, the Cineworld cinema chain revealed that they were considering temporarily closing their theaters in America.

Cineworld decided after the less-than-stellar performance of heavily-buzzed Christopher Nolan film Tenet and announced that the new James Bond film No Time to Die would be premiering in April of 2021 instead.

The announcement is a stark turnaround from the staggered reopenings that Cineworld was implementing worldwide, leading to the August reopenings made in the United States. Back in June, Cineworld reopened theaters in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. July 3 saw theaters in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania reopen, while Cineworld theaters in Israel reopened on July 9.

More cinema closures may be in store if the global coronavirus pandemic is not brought under control by countries. As of the Oct. 25 update from the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 dashboard, there are now 42,512,186 confirmed COVID-19 cases globally. People that have died from COVID-19 are now at 1,147,301.