Exhibition Features

It’s been more than two years since delegates assembled in Las Vegas for the National Association of Theatre Owners’ annual CinemaCon convention, the world’s largest gathering of cinema professionals. Now, with the country gradually returning to a semblance of normalcy,...

Cinemas have been fighting competition for the public’s leisure time for more than 70 years, beginning with the rise of television and continuing with the growth of home-entertainment options. But the movie theater business is currently facing one of its...

As pervasive as streaming is today, it was only in 2007 that Netflix—then known as a mail-delivery DVD rental service—began offering its users the ability to watch films through a high-speed internet connection. The timing couldn’t have been better for...

Boxoffice Pro is reviving its iconic Boxoffice Barometer readers’ poll, a popular annual feature of our magazine for decades, in which exhibitors vote on the best achievements in the industry. In this newly revamped edition of the Barometer, representatives from...

As the cinema industry begins to emerge 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 asking them to share their first-person accounts of...

Many millions of moviegoers will say they “grew up” at the movies, their beloved childhood memories infused with the smell of popcorn and the flickering of projector lights. That’s particularly true of North America’s exhibition industry, which boasts a handful...

For any filmgoer who lived in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s, the name “Cinema 5” was as familiar as that of Loews or Trans-Lux. Cinema 5 was the premier art-house circuit in Manhattan, comprising an array of...

In 1991, Variety International board member Marsha Rae Ratcliff had an idea for expanding the work Variety – the Children’s Charity had been doing since its founding in 1927. Simple and elegant, Ratcliff’s idea was to sell heart-shaped gold pins...

By Patrick Corcoran—Vice President & Chief Communications Officer, NATO A familiar face popped up on TV screens during the 2021 Academy Awards preshow, inviting us to join him inside his favorite Austin, Texas, movie theater. It was Matthew McConaughey, and...

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, then called Boxoffice in...

As moviegoers make their long-awaited return to cinemas, premium large-format (PLF) auditoriums have emerged as a preferred destination. The trend began to emerge as early as last summer, when Chinese cinemas first reopened following the closures that presaged the pandemic’s...