Exhibition Features

To commemorate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, running September 15-October 15, Boxoffice Pro is republishing our 2020 interview with Marcus Theatres’ and NATO’s Rolando Rodriguez, one of the industry’s premier advocates of diversity in hiring and programming. A veteran...

The independent and art house theater communities were true pioneers in establishing virtual screenings at the very start of the pandemic shutdown. One driving force was the respected independent distributor Kino Lorber, which had just opened its Cannes award-winning dark...

In recent weeks, Sony Pictures moved sci-fi sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage from September 24 to October 15, while Paramount pulled the live-action Clifford the Big Red Dog from September 17 to a to-be-determined date. So while the upcoming...

2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of Boxoffice Pro. Though the publication you hold in your hands has had different owners, headquarters, and even names—it was founded in Kansas City by 18-year-old Ben Shlyen as The Reel Journal,...

At this year’s ECA Slate Day, held virtually on June 9, the focus was on the future: How can the world of event cinema, in its content, marketing, and operations, better serve the global exhibition community as it emerges from...

By Charlie Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, The Motion Picture Association The movies. Those two simple words open doors to some of my most treasured and powerful memories. Nearly every movie I have loved and enjoyed is inextricably connected to the...

The NATO and MPA Chiefs Discuss Synergies in Their Strategy for Cinemas’ Recovery Effort as the Movie Theater Industry Convenes in Las Vegas for CinemaCon 2021 This Interview Has Been Edited and Condensed for Length and Clarity. Listen to the Full...

By John Fithian—President & CEO, NATO In the last week of February and the first week of March 2020, we watched the news as an epidemic moved from Asia to Europe and became a pandemic. We planned new protocols for...

It’s been more than two years since delegates assembled in Las Vegas for the National Association of Theatre Owners’ annual CinemaCon convention, the world’s largest gathering of cinema professionals. Now, with the country gradually returning to a semblance of normalcy,...

Cinemas have been fighting competition for the public’s leisure time for more than 70 years, beginning with the rise of television and continuing with the growth of home-entertainment options. But the movie theater business is currently facing one of its...

As pervasive as streaming is today, it was only in 2007 that Netflix—then known as a mail-delivery DVD rental service—began offering its users the ability to watch films through a high-speed internet connection. The timing couldn’t have been better for...

Boxoffice Pro is reviving its iconic Boxoffice Barometer readers’ poll, a popular annual feature of our magazine for decades, in which exhibitors vote on the best achievements in the industry. In this newly revamped edition of the Barometer, representatives from...