Regal Cinemas to temporarily close all U.S. theaters, including Pittsburgh location

The parent company of Regal Cinemas, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., is suspending operations at all of its locations in the U.S. starting Thursday. The chain operates one theater in the Pittsburgh area along Moraine Pointe Plaza and off of New Castle Road in Butler. The 543-theater chain reopened in August after months of closures related to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the movie industry has been hurt by state and local restrictions on operations, poor box-office returns from…