News & Analysis

Paramount has released a teaser trailer for Clifford the Big Red Dog, the studio’s live-action/CGI adaptation of the classic children’s book series which is slated for theatrical release on September 17. Directed by Walt Becker, the film stars Darby Camp,...

Universal and DreamWorks Animation have partnered with Variety – the Children’s Charity to create limited-edition gold heart pins featuring characters from the studios’ forthcoming The Boss Baby: Family Business, which is slated for release on July 2, 2021. Proceeds from...

It’s the month of Independence Day, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, and (this year only) the NBA Finals. Most importantly for the exhibition industry it’s also the peak month of summer movie season. From animation to horror, superhero to...

This weekend, the North American box office hit a higher gear. F9, the tenth film in the long-running Fast & Furious franchise, won the top spot at the box office with an estimated $70M from a pandemic-record 4,179 locations over...

Warner Bros. announced release date changes on Friday for three of their upcoming fall releases. Science fiction Dune moves back three weeks from October 1 to October 22. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049), the film stars Timothée Chalamet,...

Event cinema distributor Trafalgar Releasing has announced the release of two new titles: Blackpink the Movie and Enormous: The Gorge Story. Blackpink the Movie, which celebrates the 5th anniversary of the K-pop group’s debut, will be released in over 100...

France’s theatrical exhibition industry is experiencing a major recovery in the pandemic’s latter days, Comscore reports, noting that admissions over the weekend of June 18-20 were above the attendance for the equivalent weekends in 2019 and 2018. The company’s exclusive...

Nicolas Nicolaou, owner of the independent Manhattan movie theater Cinema Village, has enlisted director Abel Ferrara to help kick-start the reopening of the business with a week-long retrospective and tribute to the moviegoing experience. Running June 30 to July 8,...

Alamo Drafthouse’s popular Jaws on the Water screening event is returning from the depths. The popular series, which has viewers floating in inner tubes on Austin’s Lake Travis while watching the Steven Spielberg classic, is back for multiple screenings starting...

RealD has promoted both Karina Neill and Bobbie Andrews to the newly-created position of Vice President for the EMEAR region, the company announced today. Neill will assume the role of VP for Sales & Operations, while Andrews will be VP...

Fathom Events is bringing Rifftrax Live back to theaters nationwide with two ‘80s B-movie classics: Hobgoblins and the made-for-TV horror film Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes. Tickets for screenings of the two films – which will be “riffed” upon in...

Following the disappointing debuts of both In the Heights and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway last weekend, the North American box office remained rather subdued this frame with the release of The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, which narrowly secured the No....