Exhibition Features

April Wright has spent a good chunk of her career chronicling the history of the film industry, with feature documentaries on movie palaces and drive-ins covering the exhibition side. The writer/director/producer turns her lens (and her drones) on the 21st...

The screening of a film print, as many involved in the cinema world know, can be downright expensive, the cost of the prints themselves being only one part of the equation. “Paying fees or a salary to a projectionist, paying...

It’s been a winding road for Mr. Malcolm’s List. The Regency rom-com—complete with eligible, brooding heir; poor, plucky heroine; and any number of romantic false starts and misunderstandings—began life as a self-published book by author Suzanne Allain, who later spun...

Hollywood’s July 2022 looks to represent a dramatic turnaround from the doldrums of July 2021, a month filled with box office disappointments. In July of this year, by contrast, things are tentatively looking up: While 2021 release Black Widow earned...

One of the biggest moments of last year’s edition of CineEurope came during Paramount’s slate presentation. After a year-and-a-half of enduring operating restrictions and release delays, exhibitors in attendance were genuinely surprised to see Tom Cruise walk on stage to...

At the April 2022 edition of CinemaCon, amidst studio presentations and screenings, NATO introduced their Young Filmmaker Program—designed to support up-and-coming filmmakers, engage them in the world of exhibition, and overall foster a love and appreciation for the magic of...

From dinosaurs to astronauts to music legends to… um, child abductors… June will have some of the most-anticipated movies of the year. Not to mention continued grosses from Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick, which set the Memorial Day weekend for highest...

With quarterly earnings call season underway, the leadership or North America’s top five theater chains—AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, and Marcus—are elaborating on their plans to strengthen their respective companies as the industry looks forward to summer 2022 and beyond. With...

As the cinema industry emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, Boxoffice Pro and Spotlight Cinema Networks are partnering to profile movie theaters and influential industry figures from across the country and ask them to share their first-person accounts of bringing the...

How has Hollywood exported American values, including its ideals of consumerism and luxury, to the rest of the world? Through American movies, of course, but, more surprisingly, as discussed by Ross Melnick in his new book, through global American movie...

Could May 2022 become the biggest month at the domestic box office since the pandemic hit? Currently, that high water mark is held by December 2021 with $920.8M. For context, in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, five different months exceeded...

As the MPA celebrates its 100th anniversary, Boxoffice Pro speaks to Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin about the wider picture of international cinema recovery and key concerns of the MPA looking forward. 2020 was a crisis year for the industry,...