News Stories News & Analysis Weekend Box Office: Top Gun: Maverick Scores Sky-High $248M Global Launch, Setting Memorial Day Weekend Record Boxoffice Staff • May 29th The Need for Speed Paramount’s action-adventure sequel Top Gun: Maverick zoomed to the top of the box office with a projected $124 million three-day domestic debut and a $151 million four-day holiday frame. A $124 million overseas launch from 62... Exhibition News National CineMedia Unveils The Noovie Trivia Show Boxoffice Staff • May 26th National CineMedia (NCM) has announced the launch of The Noovie Trivia Show in conjunction with the release Top Gun: Maverick. NCM’s latest pre-show experience stars long-time Noovie personality Maria Menounos playing pop culture and movie trivia with stars. The inaugural... Exhibition News Deep Throat Celebrates 50th Anniversary with a Return to Cinemas Boxoffice Staff • May 25th In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Gerard Damiano Sr.’s controversial film Deep Throat —a cultural zeitgeist upon its release in 1972, and the first adult film to secure a mainstream theatrical release — is returning to theaters, starting with several... Exhibition News Cinemark Founder Lee Roy Mitchell Transitions from Executive Chairman to Board Member Boxoffice Staff • May 25th Cinemark Holdings, Inc., the third-largest cinema chain in North America, has announced that founder Lee Roy Mitchell, 85, transitioned from Executive Chairman to member of the Board effective May 19, 2022, and will continue to focus on expanding strategic opportunities... Exhibition News Ferrara Celebrates Jurassic World Dominion with Dino-Sized Candy Giveaway Boxoffice Staff • May 25th In celebration of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion, Ferrara is introducing Trolli Sour Tropical Dinos. The limited-edition release includes dinosaur shapes in tropical flavors such as mango-pineapple, yuzu-watermelon and strawberry-guava. Trolli Sour Tropical Dinos join dinosaur-inspired packaging... Exhibition News John Carpenter’s The Thing Returns to Cinemas for 40th Anniversary Boxoffice Staff • May 25th Fathom Events and Universal Pictures will bring sci-fi horror film The Thing back to theaters on June 19th and 22nd. The presentation will include vintage, behind-the-scenes footage from the 1998 documentary The Thing: Terror Takes Shape by Michael Matessino. Set... 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... 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... MagazineMay 2022 Weekend Box Office: Top Gun: Maverick Scores Sky-High $248M Global Launch, Setting Memorial Day Weekend Record May 2022 Load more stories
News & Analysis Weekend Box Office: Top Gun: Maverick Scores Sky-High $248M Global Launch, Setting Memorial Day Weekend Record Boxoffice Staff • May 29th The Need for Speed Paramount’s action-adventure sequel Top Gun: Maverick zoomed to the top of the box office with a projected $124 million three-day domestic debut and a $151 million four-day holiday frame. A $124 million overseas launch from 62...
Exhibition News National CineMedia Unveils The Noovie Trivia Show Boxoffice Staff • May 26th National CineMedia (NCM) has announced the launch of The Noovie Trivia Show in conjunction with the release Top Gun: Maverick. NCM’s latest pre-show experience stars long-time Noovie personality Maria Menounos playing pop culture and movie trivia with stars. The inaugural...
Exhibition News Deep Throat Celebrates 50th Anniversary with a Return to Cinemas Boxoffice Staff • May 25th In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Gerard Damiano Sr.’s controversial film Deep Throat —a cultural zeitgeist upon its release in 1972, and the first adult film to secure a mainstream theatrical release — is returning to theaters, starting with several...
Exhibition News Cinemark Founder Lee Roy Mitchell Transitions from Executive Chairman to Board Member Boxoffice Staff • May 25th Cinemark Holdings, Inc., the third-largest cinema chain in North America, has announced that founder Lee Roy Mitchell, 85, transitioned from Executive Chairman to member of the Board effective May 19, 2022, and will continue to focus on expanding strategic opportunities...
Exhibition News Ferrara Celebrates Jurassic World Dominion with Dino-Sized Candy Giveaway Boxoffice Staff • May 25th In celebration of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion, Ferrara is introducing Trolli Sour Tropical Dinos. The limited-edition release includes dinosaur shapes in tropical flavors such as mango-pineapple, yuzu-watermelon and strawberry-guava. Trolli Sour Tropical Dinos join dinosaur-inspired packaging...
Exhibition News John Carpenter’s The Thing Returns to Cinemas for 40th Anniversary Boxoffice Staff • May 25th Fathom Events and Universal Pictures will bring sci-fi horror film The Thing back to theaters on June 19th and 22nd. The presentation will include vintage, behind-the-scenes footage from the 1998 documentary The Thing: Terror Takes Shape by Michael Matessino. Set...
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...
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...
Weekend Box Office: Top Gun: Maverick Scores Sky-High $248M Global Launch, Setting Memorial Day Weekend Record May 2022