News & Analysis Weekend Box Office: Downton Abbey: A New Era Opens w/ $16M, Doctor Strange Sequel Threepeats at No. 1 Boxoffice Staff • May 22nd Abbey Road Focus Features’ historical drama sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era opened in second place with $16.0M, on the lower end of pre-release projections. That’s -48% behind 2019’s original Downton Abbey ($31.0M). The sequel is one of the few... Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Pixar’s Lightyear, Plus Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion Updates Shawn Robbins • May 20th After three years, Pixar is set for its return to the summer movie season with the anticipated launch of Lightyear this June. Exhibition Features North America’s Largest Cinema Chains Continue to Invest in Diversification Rebecca Pahle • May 19th With quarterly earnings call season underway, the leadership or North America’s top five theater chains—AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, and Marcus—are elaborating on their plans to strengthen their respective companies as the industry looks forward to summer 2022 and beyond. With... Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Friday Update): Downton Abbey: A New Era and Men Debut as Doctor Strange Sequel Looks for Third #1 Finish Shawn Robbins • May 18th After two frames dominated by Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the domestic box office gets an injection of counter-programmers in Downton Abbey: A New Era and Men this weekend. News & Analysis NATO and Cinema Foundation Add Two Executives Daniel Loria • May 18th Bryan Braunlich named Executive Director of Cinema Foundation, Lou DiGioia NATO CFO The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and The Cinema Foundation today announced the hiring of two new executives. Bryan Braunlich was named Executive Director of The Cinema Foundation and Lou DiGioia was named to the newly... Exhibition Features The Biggest Movies Coming to Theaters in May 2022 Jesse Rifkin • May 4th Could May 2022 become the biggest month at the domestic box office since the pandemic hit? Currently, that high water mark is held by December 2021 with $920.8M. For context, in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, five different months exceeded... New Stories Exhibition News Exhibition News Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies Re-Releasing Smokey and the Bandit in Cinemas May 29, June 1, June 2 Boxoffice Staff • May 20th The 1977 action comedy classic Smokey and the Bandit will play in cinemas on Sunday, May 29, Wednesday, June 1, and Thursday, June 2 for its 45th anniversary. Fathom Events will re-release the film as part of its TCM Big Screen Classics... Exhibition News Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience #2 at North American Box Office Thursday, Earns Day’s Best Per-Screen Average Among Wide Releases Boxoffice Staff • May 20th Trafalgar Releasing’s event cinema release and concert film Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience debuted Thursday with an $875K+ domestic gross, good for runner-up of the day behind only Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Playing in 763 theaters, Pilots earned... Exhibition News Variance Films and Potentate Films Team Up for Re-release of RRR Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Variance Films and Potentate Films have announced they will team up with distributor Sarigama Cinemas for a last chance theatrical re-release of filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s epic action adventure, RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt). On Wednesday, June 1st, RRR will return to... Exhibition News Cinionic to Open First Cinionic Giant Screen in Germany Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Cinionic has announced the debut of a new premium experience at Cineplex Muenster with the debut of ‘Ultimate.’, the first powered by Cinionic Giant Screen (CGS) site in Germany. The Cineplex Muenster premium large format features dual-laser projection by Cinionic... Exhibition News CJ 4DPLEX America Appoints Samuel Real Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations, Latin America Boxoffice Staff • May 19th CJ 4DPLEX has announced that Samuel Real has joined CJ 4DPLEX America as the new Senior Vice President Sales and Operations, Latin America. Real, an international entertainment veteran, will head the strategic development plans in the region. Real will be promoting and... googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1553617519041-2'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1553617519041-3'); }); Magazine Boxoffice Pro – CinemaCon 2022 googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1553617519041-1'); }); On Twitter @boxoffice @boxofficemagazine Sign up to our newsletters DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS $3.32M Monday $346.11M Total (North America) #DoctorStrange… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6:44 PM • 24 May 2022 THE LOST CITY $171K Monday $99.5M Total (North America) #TheLostCity #LostCity #BoxOffice 6:32 PM • 24 May 2022 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 $417K Monday $181.57M Total (North America) #Sonic2 #SonicMovie2 #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicTheHedgehog2 #BoxOffice 6:31 PM • 24 May 2022 THE NORTHMAN $134K Monday $33.2M Total (North America) #TheNorthman #Northman #BoxOffice 6:29 PM • 24 May 2022 FIRESTARTER $217K Monday $7.26M Total (North America) #Firestarter #BoxOffice 6:28 PM • 24 May 2022 New Stories Exhibition News Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies Re-Releasing Smokey and the Bandit in Cinemas May 29, June 1, June 2 Boxoffice Staff • May 20th The 1977 action comedy classic Smokey and the Bandit will play in cinemas on Sunday, May 29, Wednesday, June 1, and Thursday, June 2 for its 45th anniversary. Fathom Events will re-release the film as part of its TCM Big Screen Classics... Exhibition News Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience #2 at North American Box Office Thursday, Earns Day’s Best Per-Screen Average Among Wide Releases Boxoffice Staff • May 20th Trafalgar Releasing’s event cinema release and concert film Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience debuted Thursday with an $875K+ domestic gross, good for runner-up of the day behind only Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Playing in 763 theaters, Pilots earned... Exhibition News Variance Films and Potentate Films Team Up for Re-release of RRR Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Variance Films and Potentate Films have announced they will team up with distributor Sarigama Cinemas for a last chance theatrical re-release of filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s epic action adventure, RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt). On Wednesday, June 1st, RRR will return to... Exhibition News Cinionic to Open First Cinionic Giant Screen in Germany Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Cinionic has announced the debut of a new premium experience at Cineplex Muenster with the debut of ‘Ultimate.’, the first powered by Cinionic Giant Screen (CGS) site in Germany. The Cineplex Muenster premium large format features dual-laser projection by Cinionic... Exhibition News CJ 4DPLEX America Appoints Samuel Real Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations, Latin America Boxoffice Staff • May 19th CJ 4DPLEX has announced that Samuel Real has joined CJ 4DPLEX America as the new Senior Vice President Sales and Operations, Latin America. Real, an international entertainment veteran, will head the strategic development plans in the region. Real will be promoting and... Exhibition News Top Gun: Maverick to Hit Theaters with 56 Minutes of Exclusive ScreenX Imagery Boxoffice Staff • May 18th CJ 4DPLEX has announced that Paramount Pictures’ Top Gun: Maverick will debut in the 270-degree panoramic ScreenX format in theaters worldwide starting May 27. In the U.S., fans will have a chance to see Top Gun: Maverick at select ScreenX... Interviews Audrey Diwan’s Happening Finds a Timely US Release Boxoffice Staff • May 17th Set in France in the year 1963, Happening tells the story of Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei), a young student from a working class family balancing her job, social life, and ambitions with the day-to-day responsibilities of her studies. Upon discovering of... Load more stories
News & Analysis Weekend Box Office: Downton Abbey: A New Era Opens w/ $16M, Doctor Strange Sequel Threepeats at No. 1 Boxoffice Staff • May 22nd Abbey Road Focus Features’ historical drama sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era opened in second place with $16.0M, on the lower end of pre-release projections. That’s -48% behind 2019’s original Downton Abbey ($31.0M). The sequel is one of the few...
Forecasts & Tracking Long Range Box Office Forecast: Pixar’s Lightyear, Plus Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion Updates Shawn Robbins • May 20th After three years, Pixar is set for its return to the summer movie season with the anticipated launch of Lightyear this June.
Exhibition Features North America’s Largest Cinema Chains Continue to Invest in Diversification Rebecca Pahle • May 19th With quarterly earnings call season underway, the leadership or North America’s top five theater chains—AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, and Marcus—are elaborating on their plans to strengthen their respective companies as the industry looks forward to summer 2022 and beyond. With...
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Friday Update): Downton Abbey: A New Era and Men Debut as Doctor Strange Sequel Looks for Third #1 Finish Shawn Robbins • May 18th After two frames dominated by Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the domestic box office gets an injection of counter-programmers in Downton Abbey: A New Era and Men this weekend.
News & Analysis NATO and Cinema Foundation Add Two Executives Daniel Loria • May 18th Bryan Braunlich named Executive Director of Cinema Foundation, Lou DiGioia NATO CFO The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and The Cinema Foundation today announced the hiring of two new executives. Bryan Braunlich was named Executive Director of The Cinema Foundation and Lou DiGioia was named to the newly...
Exhibition Features The Biggest Movies Coming to Theaters in May 2022 Jesse Rifkin • May 4th Could May 2022 become the biggest month at the domestic box office since the pandemic hit? Currently, that high water mark is held by December 2021 with $920.8M. For context, in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, five different months exceeded...
Exhibition News Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies Re-Releasing Smokey and the Bandit in Cinemas May 29, June 1, June 2 Boxoffice Staff • May 20th The 1977 action comedy classic Smokey and the Bandit will play in cinemas on Sunday, May 29, Wednesday, June 1, and Thursday, June 2 for its 45th anniversary. Fathom Events will re-release the film as part of its TCM Big Screen Classics...
Exhibition News Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience #2 at North American Box Office Thursday, Earns Day’s Best Per-Screen Average Among Wide Releases Boxoffice Staff • May 20th Trafalgar Releasing’s event cinema release and concert film Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience debuted Thursday with an $875K+ domestic gross, good for runner-up of the day behind only Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Playing in 763 theaters, Pilots earned...
Exhibition News Variance Films and Potentate Films Team Up for Re-release of RRR Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Variance Films and Potentate Films have announced they will team up with distributor Sarigama Cinemas for a last chance theatrical re-release of filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s epic action adventure, RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt). On Wednesday, June 1st, RRR will return to...
Exhibition News Cinionic to Open First Cinionic Giant Screen in Germany Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Cinionic has announced the debut of a new premium experience at Cineplex Muenster with the debut of ‘Ultimate.’, the first powered by Cinionic Giant Screen (CGS) site in Germany. The Cineplex Muenster premium large format features dual-laser projection by Cinionic...
Exhibition News CJ 4DPLEX America Appoints Samuel Real Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations, Latin America Boxoffice Staff • May 19th CJ 4DPLEX has announced that Samuel Real has joined CJ 4DPLEX America as the new Senior Vice President Sales and Operations, Latin America. Real, an international entertainment veteran, will head the strategic development plans in the region. Real will be promoting and...
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS $3.32M Monday $346.11M Total (North America) #DoctorStrange… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6:44 PM • 24 May 2022
THE LOST CITY $171K Monday $99.5M Total (North America) #TheLostCity #LostCity #BoxOffice 6:32 PM • 24 May 2022
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 $417K Monday $181.57M Total (North America) #Sonic2 #SonicMovie2 #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicTheHedgehog2 #BoxOffice 6:31 PM • 24 May 2022
THE NORTHMAN $134K Monday $33.2M Total (North America) #TheNorthman #Northman #BoxOffice 6:29 PM • 24 May 2022
Exhibition News Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies Re-Releasing Smokey and the Bandit in Cinemas May 29, June 1, June 2 Boxoffice Staff • May 20th The 1977 action comedy classic Smokey and the Bandit will play in cinemas on Sunday, May 29, Wednesday, June 1, and Thursday, June 2 for its 45th anniversary. Fathom Events will re-release the film as part of its TCM Big Screen Classics...
Exhibition News Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience #2 at North American Box Office Thursday, Earns Day’s Best Per-Screen Average Among Wide Releases Boxoffice Staff • May 20th Trafalgar Releasing’s event cinema release and concert film Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience debuted Thursday with an $875K+ domestic gross, good for runner-up of the day behind only Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Playing in 763 theaters, Pilots earned...
Exhibition News Variance Films and Potentate Films Team Up for Re-release of RRR Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Variance Films and Potentate Films have announced they will team up with distributor Sarigama Cinemas for a last chance theatrical re-release of filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s epic action adventure, RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt). On Wednesday, June 1st, RRR will return to...
Exhibition News Cinionic to Open First Cinionic Giant Screen in Germany Boxoffice Staff • May 19th Cinionic has announced the debut of a new premium experience at Cineplex Muenster with the debut of ‘Ultimate.’, the first powered by Cinionic Giant Screen (CGS) site in Germany. The Cineplex Muenster premium large format features dual-laser projection by Cinionic...
Exhibition News CJ 4DPLEX America Appoints Samuel Real Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations, Latin America Boxoffice Staff • May 19th CJ 4DPLEX has announced that Samuel Real has joined CJ 4DPLEX America as the new Senior Vice President Sales and Operations, Latin America. Real, an international entertainment veteran, will head the strategic development plans in the region. Real will be promoting and...
Exhibition News Top Gun: Maverick to Hit Theaters with 56 Minutes of Exclusive ScreenX Imagery Boxoffice Staff • May 18th CJ 4DPLEX has announced that Paramount Pictures’ Top Gun: Maverick will debut in the 270-degree panoramic ScreenX format in theaters worldwide starting May 27. In the U.S., fans will have a chance to see Top Gun: Maverick at select ScreenX...
Interviews Audrey Diwan’s Happening Finds a Timely US Release Boxoffice Staff • May 17th Set in France in the year 1963, Happening tells the story of Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei), a young student from a working class family balancing her job, social life, and ambitions with the day-to-day responsibilities of her studies. Upon discovering of...
