There was an effusive mood at Caesars Palace on Thursday as the 2022 edition of CinemaCon came to a close. The event served as a celebration of the moviegoing experience and reinvigorated the industry after two years of an existential...

Disney called in its best ambassador to theaters to open its 2022 CinemaCon presentation after sitting out the 2021 edition of the event. “I love movies, I love all of you, and I thank all of you for taking us...

Warner Bros. unveiled an early first look at footage from The Flash at its CinemaCon 2022 presentation, eliciting the warmest reception yet for a film previewed at the event. It was an important moment for a studio rebuilding its relationship...

On our Wednesday edition of the Boxoffice Pro CinemaCon podcast, Daniel Loria talks to Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble on the chain’s innovations in programming and amenities. Read the interview below, condensed for length and clarity, or listen to it in...

Sony opened the studio presentations at CinemaCon 2022 with a victory lap. Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, who energized the studio’s 2021 showcase to exhibitors by expressing a strong commitment to theatrical exclusivity, took the stage...

The number of films released to movie theaters has declined by 60 percent or more during the pandemic, according to the latest figures from the Motion Picture Association. The sudden drop in content availability poses what could very well be...

From a vendor perspective, the 2021 edition of CinemaCon was a muted affair. The world was still in the grasp of the Covid-19 Delta variant, preventing numerous international executives from attending and leaving several vacancies on the trade show floor....

Ice Theaters, the Premium Large Format (PLF) concept developed by French circuit CGR Cinemas, is expanding its global footprint through a deal with Apollo Cinema, the Baltic region’s largest exhibitor.  Apollo operates 81 screens across 16 locations in Estonia, Latvia,...

Jeffrey Forman’s career could have turned out a lot differently. The veteran distribution executive was on the fast track to a legal career, having already secured an MBA from the University of Southern California before earning his Juris Doctorate degree...

The Boxoffice Barometer readers’ poll, a decades-long annual feature of Boxoffice Pro magazine, the reference trade publication of the theatrical exhibition industry, has a long-standing legacy in the motion picture business. Originally designed to gauge exhibitors’ sentiment on Hollywood stars...

In hindsight, the first couple of weeks of March 2020 have a dreamlike quality. We remember specific details of newfound anxieties—wash your hands, don’t touch your face, did I just hear someone cough?—but the memories are simultaneously distant and distinctly...