News Stories Exhibition Features Cinema Week 2022 Returns on October 7-13 in Over 1,200 Locations Daniel Loria • Sep 15th Returning for its second year, Cinema Week is scheduled to take place at over 1,200 cinemas in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean from October 7 to 13. Launched in 2021 as an initiative for cinemas to reconnect with moviegoers,... Exhibition Features The Moviegoer’s Guide to Austin: The Best Movie Theaters in Austin, Texas Daniel Loria • Aug 31st From the Alamo Drafthouse to the Violet Crown, a Cinephile’s Complete Guide to One of the World’s Most Vibrant Exhibition Venues At once a college town and state capital, Austin, Texas, is known for a diverse and eclectic community that... Exhibition News National Cinema Day Brings $3 Tickets to US Movie Theaters on September 3 Daniel Loria • Aug 28th Every movie, across all formats, at any showtime will be available for $3 at participating theaters on September 3, during the first-ever National Cinema Day in the United States. The one-day event will bring discounted admissions to over 3,000 participating... Exhibition News National Cinema Day Coming to the UK on September 3 with £3 Tickets for All Films at Participating Theaters Daniel Loria • Aug 27th Cinemas across the UK will be lowering their prices to just under £3 for the market’s National Cinema Day on September 3. Over 550 theaters will participate in the event, including all of the UK’s major circuits and a range... Exhibition Features CinéShow 2022: Visionary Award – Jeff & Jamie Benson, Cinergy Entertainment Daniel Loria • Aug 24th Jamie and Jeff Benson weren’t planning on becoming exhibitors—much less entrepreneurs—when they began their careers as certified public accountants. The job security of working at Deloitte, one of the “big four” accounting firms, was hard to pass up—at least until... Exhibition Features CinéShow 2022: Frank Liberto Award – Joel Davis, Premiere Cinemas Daniel Loria • Aug 23rd What started out as a part-time job in high school turned into a full-fledged career for Joel Davis. Premiere Cinemas’ COO first joined the exhibition industry as a teenager, leaving after graduating college and coming back again in 1998 as... Exhibition Features This Week on The Boxoffice Podcast: Film Row’s Melanie Valera & Jeff Wilk Daniel Loria • Aug 4th Launched as an extension of the Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Foundation in 2019, Film Row has emerged as one of the most important industry groups as the motion picture business rebounds from the pandemic. Conceived as a mentorship and... Exhibition Features Strangers on a Train: David Leitch’s Bullet Train is Heading Directly to a Theater Near You Daniel Loria • Aug 3rd A big-screen spectacle optimized for the theatrical experience, Sony’s Bullet Train arrives in theaters this August with a point to prove at the box office. Bullet Train is the rare studio tentpole that bets on capturing a moviegoing audience without... News & Analysis Weekend Box Office: DC League of Super-Pets Tops the Box Office with $23M Debut Daniel Loria • Jul 31st Warner Bros.’ DC League of Super-Pets topped the domestic box office with a $23 million opening weekend from 4,314 locations. A total of 64 overseas markets contributed $18.4 million to the film’s $41.4 million global debut. Top overseas openers include... Exhibition Features Marcus Theatres’ Rob Novak Receives the 2022 Bert Nathan Memorial Award Daniel Loria • Jul 27th After managing movie theaters for 16 years, Rob Novak moved up to Marcus Theatres’ home office in Wisconsin to become the growing circuit’s new head of concessions and food and beverage (F&B) during a critical time. Marcus Theatres has significantly... Exhibition Features Popcorn to Go: From the Big Screen to the Couch, Movie Theater Popcorn Breaks Away from The Concession Stand Daniel Loria • Jul 26th Covid-19 closures forced theaters around the world to improvise new revenue streams, driving some cinema operators to innovate their food and beverage (F&B) strategies by bringing the concessions stand out of the lobby and into moviegoers’ homes. Exhibitors of all... Exhibition Features Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Foundation’s Christina Blumer on Leading the Charity’s Next Chapter Daniel Loria • Jul 14th A cornerstone of the film industry since its founding in 1936, the Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Foundation has been an invaluable industry resource built to address the cinema community’s greatest needs. The foundation is starting a new chapter in... MagazineSeptember 2022 Cinema Week 2022 Returns on October 7-13 in Over 1,200 Locations September 2022 Load more stories
Exhibition Features Cinema Week 2022 Returns on October 7-13 in Over 1,200 Locations Daniel Loria • Sep 15th Returning for its second year, Cinema Week is scheduled to take place at over 1,200 cinemas in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean from October 7 to 13. Launched in 2021 as an initiative for cinemas to reconnect with moviegoers,...
Exhibition Features The Moviegoer’s Guide to Austin: The Best Movie Theaters in Austin, Texas Daniel Loria • Aug 31st From the Alamo Drafthouse to the Violet Crown, a Cinephile’s Complete Guide to One of the World’s Most Vibrant Exhibition Venues At once a college town and state capital, Austin, Texas, is known for a diverse and eclectic community that...
Exhibition News National Cinema Day Brings $3 Tickets to US Movie Theaters on September 3 Daniel Loria • Aug 28th Every movie, across all formats, at any showtime will be available for $3 at participating theaters on September 3, during the first-ever National Cinema Day in the United States. The one-day event will bring discounted admissions to over 3,000 participating...
Exhibition News National Cinema Day Coming to the UK on September 3 with £3 Tickets for All Films at Participating Theaters Daniel Loria • Aug 27th Cinemas across the UK will be lowering their prices to just under £3 for the market’s National Cinema Day on September 3. Over 550 theaters will participate in the event, including all of the UK’s major circuits and a range...
Exhibition Features CinéShow 2022: Visionary Award – Jeff & Jamie Benson, Cinergy Entertainment Daniel Loria • Aug 24th Jamie and Jeff Benson weren’t planning on becoming exhibitors—much less entrepreneurs—when they began their careers as certified public accountants. The job security of working at Deloitte, one of the “big four” accounting firms, was hard to pass up—at least until...
Exhibition Features CinéShow 2022: Frank Liberto Award – Joel Davis, Premiere Cinemas Daniel Loria • Aug 23rd What started out as a part-time job in high school turned into a full-fledged career for Joel Davis. Premiere Cinemas’ COO first joined the exhibition industry as a teenager, leaving after graduating college and coming back again in 1998 as...
Exhibition Features This Week on The Boxoffice Podcast: Film Row’s Melanie Valera & Jeff Wilk Daniel Loria • Aug 4th Launched as an extension of the Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Foundation in 2019, Film Row has emerged as one of the most important industry groups as the motion picture business rebounds from the pandemic. Conceived as a mentorship and...
Exhibition Features Strangers on a Train: David Leitch’s Bullet Train is Heading Directly to a Theater Near You Daniel Loria • Aug 3rd A big-screen spectacle optimized for the theatrical experience, Sony’s Bullet Train arrives in theaters this August with a point to prove at the box office. Bullet Train is the rare studio tentpole that bets on capturing a moviegoing audience without...
News & Analysis Weekend Box Office: DC League of Super-Pets Tops the Box Office with $23M Debut Daniel Loria • Jul 31st Warner Bros.’ DC League of Super-Pets topped the domestic box office with a $23 million opening weekend from 4,314 locations. A total of 64 overseas markets contributed $18.4 million to the film’s $41.4 million global debut. Top overseas openers include...
Exhibition Features Marcus Theatres’ Rob Novak Receives the 2022 Bert Nathan Memorial Award Daniel Loria • Jul 27th After managing movie theaters for 16 years, Rob Novak moved up to Marcus Theatres’ home office in Wisconsin to become the growing circuit’s new head of concessions and food and beverage (F&B) during a critical time. Marcus Theatres has significantly...
Exhibition Features Popcorn to Go: From the Big Screen to the Couch, Movie Theater Popcorn Breaks Away from The Concession Stand Daniel Loria • Jul 26th Covid-19 closures forced theaters around the world to improvise new revenue streams, driving some cinema operators to innovate their food and beverage (F&B) strategies by bringing the concessions stand out of the lobby and into moviegoers’ homes. Exhibitors of all...
Exhibition Features Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Foundation’s Christina Blumer on Leading the Charity’s Next Chapter Daniel Loria • Jul 14th A cornerstone of the film industry since its founding in 1936, the Will Rogers Motion Pictures Pioneers Foundation has been an invaluable industry resource built to address the cinema community’s greatest needs. The foundation is starting a new chapter in...