Tracking & Forecasts

October is upon us, a time of year that exhibition had hoped would be starting to mark the return of widespread moviegoing with the previously planned release of Wonder Woman 1984 this weekend. Unfortunately, that's not happening.

Earlier this week, Disney made the latest seismic moves to its -- and exhibition's -- release calendar with the delay of Marvel Studios' Black Widow from November 6 to May 7, 2021. While the move is widely lauded as another...

The news on wide releases has come to a screeching halt again as studios remain apprehensive to support cinemas with more high profile releases, something that is impacting weekend outlooks for the foreseeable future.

We're still in the early weeks of what's becoming obvious will be an extended recovery process for the domestic box office. Once again, all eyes will focus on how Christopher Nolan's Tenet holds up in its third full domestic frame...

The domestic box office restart continues this weekend with Tenet expected to remain the top draw in a market that remains well below full operational capacity. Meanwhile, Sony / TriStar will open The Broken Hearts Gallery, a rom-com aiming for...

Following a staggered lead-up over the past two weekends with encouraging results from the domestic market, North America is primed for its first tentpole release in more than half a year with the long-awaited rollout of Christopher Nolan's Tenet.

The last time this column was published, we had the unfortunate distinction of reporting on delayed release dates for major films in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a much happier turn of events for the industry and movie lovers...

With the first wide release in the COVID-19 recovery era under the industry's belts, we now look to the next marker for progress: the first wide release from a major studio, The New Mutants.

To quote Lennon and McCarthy, it's been a long and winding road. As of this weekend, major theater chains across the United States will finally be back up and running with the domestic market's first wide release in five months.

If you've been keeping up with our previous updates, you're already very aware of numerous rescheduling moves from studios in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. This week, I'm diving into a few of the remaining question marks and...

Thursday, April 16 Update: Although the news of release delays and new dates are beginning to slow down with the bulk of the 2020 calendar through summer having been addressed recently, this week still hasn't been without a few significant...