Exhibition Features

The April 27, 1940, edition of Boxoffice magazine proclaimed Houston’s River Oaks Theatre as,“the real answer to one of the most pressing problems now facing theater operators. This answer has always attracted patronage and it always will, regardless of product,...

Subscribe to our FREE email newsletters to be notified of our latest updates in pre-release tracking, box office analysis, and industry news. Following an uneventful Labor Day weekend at the box office, September promises to resurrect audiences, beginning with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on...

Motion seating at the movies was once derided as a gimmick, but its rise and resiliency over the decades proves that immersive movie experiences have a role to play in exhibition for years to come. The immersive seating category in...

Having spent his entire professional career working in the movie theater business, Kevin Mitchell, a veteran of Cinemark and Showbiz Cinemas, threw his hat into theatrical distribution earlier this year. His new venture, Showbiz Direct, aims to bridge the distance...

The Schulman family’s exhibition story begins in New Orleans in 1908, where, on Canal Street, patriarch Abraham Schulman exhibited a new fad: motion pictures. Abraham eventually found his way west to Houston, where he opened the first Schulman Theatre around...

Today’s moviegoers require variety, not just in what they see, but in the cinemas they choose to patronize. In partnership with Spotlight Cinema Networks, Boxoffice Pro is proud to present Indie Focus, in which we explore the wealth of experiences...

Rob Lehman, a three-decade veteran of the exhibition industry, will be honored with this year’s Frank Liberto Award at CineShow, the annual convention of the Theatre Owners of Mid-America, held in Dallas, Texas, from August 26-28. The award, bestowed by...

By Michael O’Leary, President & CEO, National Association of Theatre Owners As we enter the final weeks of the summer season, this is a moment to take stock of where the theatrical exhibition business stands and how we have performed...

Based on the beloved 1955 children’s picture book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson, Columbia Pictures’ Harold and the Purple Crayon brings the childhood classic to life—and to movie theaters—for the first time. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, the family adventure...

It’s been a long road to recovery for theater owners since reopening their screens following the Covid-19 pandemic. Shorter exclusivity windows and fewer theatrical releases have contributed to an overall box office decline, putting pressure on operators to find revenue...

Boasting approximately 74 percent of the market share of Canadian cinemas, there’s no doubt that Cineplex is practically synonymous with cinema in Canada. But cinemas aren’t the stopping point for the fourth largest chain in North America by screen count...

Subscribe to our FREE email newsletters to be notified of our latest updates in pre-release tracking, box office analysis, and industry news. June finally cranked up the heat on a lukewarm box office with the arrival of Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2, which...