Exhibition Features

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...

After five consecutive years of more than $11 billion in revenue at the domestic box office, the exhibition market came to a violent halt in March 2020. The biggest crisis in the industry’s history wasn’t brought about by familiar threats...

2020 was a year of negative statistics. Percentage of theaters temporarily closed—percentage year-on-year drop in admissions and revenue—box office numbers that look positively nightmarish compared to the record-breaking year that was 2019. Look beyond the sky-is-falling headlines, though, and you’ll...

In September, U.K. exhibition veterans Kate Gerova and Mandy Kean hitched their proverbial wagons together to form Mustard Studio, a consulting business catering to independent theater owners. The venture is particularly applicable to the current moment, with many exhibitors looking...

By Patrick Corcoran Vice President & Chief Communications Officer, NATO Bits of news had been trickling out of China about a new and contagious respiratory virus at the very end of 2019. On January 23, 2020, China announced it was...

This week on The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer and Daniel Loria speak to The Texas Theatre’s Barak Epstein on the legendary cinema’s return from Covid closures and its recent participation in the Sundance Film Festival’s satellite screens program. The...

On Jan. 28, a panel of event cinema experts—moderator Bernadette McCabe of Spotlight Cinema Networks along with participants Lynne Schmidt of Fathom Events, Joe Garel of Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas, and Kymberli Frueh of Trafalgar Releasing—convened virtually at the 2021 Dine-In...

“I’m a workaholic,” admits Caryn Coleman. The director of programming/special projects at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema, she responded to the cataclysmic changes brought upon the world in 2020 by switching gears and focusing on her passion project: The Future of Film...

This week, Daniel and Rebecca talk to guests Brandon Jones and Luke Parker Bowles about their efforts to revive The Bradley Cinema through their ownership group, Cinema Lab. Originally a single-screen theater in Bradley Beach, New Jersey dating back to...

Since 2010, the New Braunfels Food Bank has been providing food to families in need throughout Southwest Texas. With the outbreak of Covid-19, need remains high—but the group hit a speed bump when the usual location for their monthly food...

Luxury theater operator Emagine Entertainment is lending a helping hand to local restaurants in the communities it serves in Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, the company has announced. For the entire month of February, Emagine theaters in all three states will...

This week on the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle and Russ Fischer are joined by president Brad Ritter and program director Jay Morong of the Charlotte Film Society. The largest city in North Carolina and the 15th largest city in the...