AMC Theatres announced on Thursday that 450 of its locations (out of more than 600) will be re-opening on July 15, nearly four months after the movie theater chain closed nationwide in response to COVID-19 pandemic, Variety reports. 

As the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus to varying degrees, AMC Theatres wants to assure moviegoers that they will be taking social distancing into account by blocking out every other row, and initially allowing only 30 percent capacity at each showing. AMC Theatres plans on gradually increasing the amount of guests per screening in the coming months with the goal of half capacity by Labor Day, and a full auditorium by Thanksgiving.