Exhibition Features

In 2016, the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts hosted a screening of Contagion—the prescient Steven Soderbergh thriller about a global pandemic—as part of its long-running Science on Screen series. To highlight the science behind the film, the theater invited...

The road to theatrical recovery in North America has been slower than anyone could have anticipated as we approach the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 shutdown. As we closed out 2020 with a gradual vaccine rollout and studios continuing to...

This week on the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle have an in-depth conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the cinema space with Sadia Pineda Hameed. An artist and consultant based out of Wales, Pineda Hameed penned...

If there’s a genre that deserves the full cinematic experience, it’s “giant monsters beat the crap out of each other.” Luckily, moviegoers in North America will have just that opportunity on March 31, when director Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong...

Following Cineworld’s announcement last week as to their reopening timeline in the U.S. and their multi-year deal with Warner Bros. for a shortened theatrical window, CEO Mooky Greidinger expanded on the multi-national circuit’s 2020 performance and plans for the chain...

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,...

A global pandemic plunged the global exhibition business into an existential crisis. Our look back on 10 pivotal moments in a historic year. The Shutdown March Sony’s Bad Boys for Life hit screens in North America on January 17, finishing...

Cinemas in New York City were ordered to close on March 16, 2020 as part of the city’s mitigation efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic in its early days. The virus would soon turn the city’s five boroughs into its...

News was mixed in AMC’s Q4 2020 earnings call–with, naturally, the negative news coming from the effects of Covid-19 upon the theater industry across 2020, and the positive stemming from signs of a global theatrical recovery as we move into...

As in their last earnings call, Imax spent the bulk of their Q4 2020 catch-up focusing on the company’s success in Asian markets, particularly China—where the theatrical industry has underdone an impressive recovery following their Covid-induced shutdown through much of...

When Tom and Jerry debuted to $14.1M in the final week of February, it blasted past all expectations–earning only $2.6M less than Wonder Woman 1984 in its own debut frame. The outsized opening for Warner Bros.’ family film—released simultaneously on...

Though its opening line was written several years before the current pandemic, Disney’s newest film begins on a disturbingly apropos note. “I know what you’re thinking: a lone rider, a dystopian world, a land that’s gone to waste,” a woman’s...