Boxoffice Magazine
Upper West Side Story: The Influence of Toby and Daniel Talbot on Specialty Exhibition & Distribution
The New Yorker Theater opened to the public on March 9, 1960. The 900-seat cultural outpost, situated on the corner of Broadway and 89th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, opened at a time when the neighborhood was significantly less...
A Cinema Renewed: GQT Movies Brings a Storied Chain Back from Bankruptcy
On February 27, 2000, Michigan-based Goodrich Quality Theaters Inc. filed for bankruptcy. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the chain ran 281 screens across 30 locations as of the end of December 2019, making it the 16th-largest chain (judging by screen...
25 Years of Alamo Drafthouse: How a Local Movie Theater Became One of the World’s Most Influential Cinemas
In 1994, a 24-year-old Tim League, then an engineer at Shell Oil in Bakersfield, California, was driving to work when he noticed the words “For Lease” on the marquee of the Tejon Theatre, a cinema dating back to the 1940s...
Exclusive Interview with ShowEast 2022 Dan Fellman Show E Award Winner: Rolando Rodriguez
Rolando Rodriguez, the outgoing chief executive officer of Marcus Theatres, is this year’s recipient of the Dan Fellman Show “E” award, a lifetime achievement prize, at ShowEast. The award, renamed in 2015 to honor longtime Warner Bros. distribution executive Dan...
Exclusive Interview with ShowEast 2022 Bingham Ray Spirit Award Winner: Lisa Bunnell, President of Distribution, Focus Features
Lisa Bunnell, president of distribution at Focus Features, will receive this year’s Bingham Ray Spirit Award at ShowEast. The award was established in 2012 in honor of the late Bingham Ray and bestowed annually to an individual who has shown...
