News & Analysis

Friday, April 3 Update: It's been a week filled with seemingly countless release delays, and while that's not-so-great news in the case of upcoming releases no longer being "upcoming", there is some positivity to glean in the fact that Disney,...

PRESS RELEASE The National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada has established a $1,250,000 Relief Fund to assist employees of member theatres who have been laid off as a result of forced theatre closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “As...

Its theaters may be closed during the coronavirus shutdown, but Alamo Drafthouse is keeping its commitment to screening independent and unheralded movies alive via its recently announced “Alamo-At-Home” initiative — which includes posting recipes for its popular in-theater snacks and...

In place of our traditional Weekend Forecast, temporarily of course, this new column will take a look back at standout box office weekends of yore.

Monday Update: Overall box office this weekend totaled $53.6M, the lowest weekend since Sept. 1-3, 2000 with $49.0M. 2020 year-to-date box office, after besting 2019 the entire year so far, finally fell below last year’s levels. YTD box office now stands...

Saturday Update: Following yesterday's report of the first official signs of COVID-19's effect on domestic box office, Friday results and initial weekend estimates are in this morning -- and that effect continues.

The Motion Picture Association reports a record year for the global theatrical and streaming market in 2019, according to its annual THEME report. Movie theater sales and streaming revenue crossed $100 billion for the first time in history, driven by...

Disney and Pixar's 'Onward' opened with only $39.1M, on the lowest end of expectations and Pixar's lowest inflation-adjusted wide opening ever.

With Sonic the Hedgehog and The Call of the Wild now beginning to wind down at the domestic box office, the first weekend of March was ripe for the release of another family-oriented title – and audiences got one with...

Saturday Update: Disney / Pixar's Onward bowed to an estimated $12.1 million opening day, including $2 million from Thursday night previews and $650K from February 29 special screenings. The studio's latest original film is targeting an opening weekend slightly over...

Universal's horror debuts on top with $28.2M, FUNimation's Japanese anime movie beat all expectations with $5.7M, and the truTV gang reach seventh place with $3.5M.