It’s been full circle for Frank Rodriguez of Searchlight Pictures. As a recent graduate from the University of California Santa Barbara, where he got a degree in Film Studies, Rodriguez kicked off his cinema career in 1982 at 20th Century...

Nurturing and empowering the cinema leaders of tomorrow is a key part of this year’s ShowEast programming slate, with The Coca-Cola Company’s Mayson Spellman (national account director, AMC Theatres) hosting the Wednesday afternoon panel discussion “Today’s Industry Executives Leading Tomorrow’s.” ...

A veteran and highly respected member of the cinema industry, fourth-generation movie theater executive Ron Krueger II began his career at Wehrenberg Theatres, founded by his great-grandfather Fred Wehrenberg in 1906. After nearly ten years of serving as Wehrenberg Theatres’...

Independent cinemas are entertainment hubs, community centers, and overall a vibrant and essential part of the wider cinema ecosystem. With Indie Focus, Boxoffice Pro partners with Spotlight Cinema Networks to focus on the people, organizations, theaters, and issues at the...

Independent cinemas are entertainment hubs, community centers, and overall a vibrant and essential part of the wider cinema ecosystem. With Indie Focus, Boxoffice Pro partners with Spotlight Cinema Networks to focus on the people, organizations, theaters, and issues at the...

Nothing goes together like popcorn and the movies. Thanks to C. Cretors and Company, the two have been linked from the very beginning, when moviegoers could buy popcorn not in the theater but outside it, from mobile trucks and food...

When people go to the movies, they like to splurge–whether it’s on a premium format screening or a giant tub of popcorn. On the concessions side, many of cinemagoers’ favorite sweet and salty treats come from J&J Snack Foods, Vendor...

It all started with a newspaper ad. The year was 1988, and Bill and Colleen Barstow were living in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, her working in a small local bank and him on active military service, serving as a weather forecaster for...

In Q1 of 2024, when Boxoffice Pro publishes its annual Giants of Exhibition ranking of the top 50 chains in North America by screen count, the top 10 will look a little different. Following two years in which the 10...

A trip to the movies just isn’t complete without concessions—a fact acknowledged by CinéShow, which annually presents the Frank Liberto Award to a concessions or purchasing professional in the exhibition community. This year, receiving the award is Dallas’s own Tim...

Byron Berkley, a well-loved veteran of the North American cinema industry and a tireless advocate for exhibitors and the exhibition experience, is receiving the Vision Award at this year’s CinéShow. Berkley’s decades of combined work with NATO, the Independent Cinema...

It was a case of plain bad timing for director Josh Greenbaum. Having directed comedy shorts, commercials, TV episodes, and streaming documentaries on a consistent basis since 2007, his first narrative feature—Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, starring...