Exhibition Features

Last week, The Boxoffice Company hosted its latest LIVE Session on the topic of sanitation and how exhibitors can plan to operate upon reopening post-COVID 19 lockdowns.

Imagine holding your own private movie screening on a huge cinema screen, with just a few family or friends. As movie theaters slowly starting to return with strict social distancing measures still enforced, some cinemas have started offering exactly this...

If the staff of Boxoffice Pro can’t go to the movies right now, well, at least we can watch other people go to the movies. From Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. to La La Land, film has always had a fancy...

Open lines of communication between the members of the global film exhibition industry have never been more important. To that end, Boxoffice Pro will be maintaining an updated list of webinars (including our own LIVE Sessions). The list below will...

Theaters aren’t just a place to watch movies–they’re also a place to form relationships, spend time with family, or just escape from the world for a few hours. With the bulk of movie theaters worldwide currently shutdown, the staff of...

Earlier this week, Cinema In Flux continued is webinar series focused on the reopening of cinemas as attention turns toward the recovery for dine-in venues.

With most U.S. theaters remaining shuttered due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, exhibitors nationwide have been crafting innovative solutions to keep their businesses afloat during the shutdown. For some, like the Florida-based chain Epic Theatres, those solutions have included temporary—and...

With moviegoers in much of the world sequestered at home, social media has proved key in maintaining communication, both within the exhibition community and between exhibitors and customers. A previous Boxoffice LIVE Session tackled the latter topic from a marketing...

With some cinemas in the state of Texas returning to business, movie theaters around the world find themselves in the process of reviewing their cleaning and sanitation standards to once again welcome staff and patrons.  The Texas chains that have already announced...

Among New York City’s diverse independent exhibition community, the Spectacle Theater stands out as something unique. Located in an ex-bodega in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the theater has no concessions, no paid staff members, and no more than 35 seats. Its programming,...

When Atlas Atlantic Cinema co-owners Jacob and Rylea Anderson decided to host a “popcorn pop-up” outside the theater to benefit their local food bank, they didn’t expect a big turnout. Then came the crowds. “We started popping popcorn about 1pm....

With the world in shambles around us, much of movie theatres’ communication with the outside world has shifted towards a mix of seriousness and levity—acknowledging the situation we’re all in, virtually trapped in our homes with nowhere to go, while...