Coronavirus News Stories Exhibition Features Exclusive: NATO’s John Fithian on the Cinema Recovery Effort, Theatrical Exclusivity Windows Boxoffice Staff • Dec 10th John Fithian joins the Boxoffice Podcast to talk about the state of theatrical exhibition as 2020 comes to a close. Coronavirus This Canadian Theater’s Patrons Gave $4,500 for a Chance to Haunt It When They Die Chris Eggertsen • Nov 24th Like any old venue, the Regent Theatre in Picton, Ontario has experienced its fair share of (alleged) supernatural activity: cash boxes flying off shelves, cold spots, inexplicable sensations. But until now, it didn’t have a resident spirit to call its... Exhibition Features NATO Members Discuss Path Forward for Exhibition Industry During Annual Meetings Boxoffice Staff • Nov 23rd NATO’s Annual Meetings are usually held in Los Angeles every fall. This year, those meetings were all held virtually. Exhibition News Kinepolis Re-Closes U.S. MJR Cinemas Locations, Re-Opens Cinemas in the Netherlands Rebecca Pahle • Nov 19th Multi-national exhibitor Kinepolis has provided an update on the state of their circuit in Europe, the U.S., and Canada, taking into account the last few weeks of re-openings and re-closures due to a spike in Covid-19 cases in a number... Exhibition Features With Hollywood on a Box Office Break, Local Titles Step Into Overseas Markets Rebecca Pahle • Nov 17th The worldwide theatrical market remains in flux, with cinemas domestically and internationally re-closing and re-opening in response to rising Covid-19 numbers and their attendant government restrictions. When cinemas are open, one of the major concerns is what to play—namely, how... Exhibition News Regal to Re-Close Cinema Locations in New York State, California Rebecca Pahle • Nov 11th Regal has announced that they will be temporarily re-closing their theaters in California and New York at the end of the day tomorrow, Thursday, November 12. The United States’ second largest exhibitor, Regal—along with its U.K.-based parent company Cineworld—temporarily shuttered... Coronavirus AMC Announces Availability of Private Theater Rentals at U.S. Locations After Successful Beta Launch Chris Eggertsen • Nov 10th AMC Entertainment has announced the launch of private theater rentals at its approximately 600 U.S. locations, accessible via an automated booking and purchase system on the AMC website and app. The official announcement follows the initial beta launch of the... Exhibition News UNIC Demands Further Public Funding Support for Cinemas During Covid-19 Crisis Boxoffice Staff • Nov 3rd PRESS RELEASE Following recent decisions requiring the closure of cinemas across a number of European countries in response to ‘spikes’ in Covid-19, European trade body the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) has today renewed its call to national governments, the... Exhibition News CEO Adam Aron Speaks to Q3 Earnings Results, Path for AMC Moving Forward Rebecca Pahle • Nov 2nd In an earnings call with investors held on November 2, AMC CEO Adam Aron laid out the chain’s current financial situation—and the steps the largest exhibitor in North America is taking to make it through the remaining months of 2020... Exhibition News Malaysian Exhibitors Decide to Temporarily Re-Close Cinema Operations Rebecca Pahle • Nov 2nd Malaysia has become the latest country to re-close cinema operations as a result of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. Exhibition Features Holding Down the Fort: Shelli Taylor Joins Alamo Drafthouse as New CEO Rebecca Pahle • Oct 29th The world was a very different place when Shelli Taylor began the series of conversations with Alamo Drafthouse that would land her in the exhibition industry, even if it was just 10 months ago, in late December 2019. Only one... Exhibition News Christie Introduces far-UVC Light Fixture with Patented Care222 Technology for UV Disinfection Boxoffice Staff • Oct 28th PRESS RELEASE Christie is pleased to announce the launch of the Christie CounterAct™ line of commercial UV disinfection products with patented Care222® far-UVC light technology for cinemas, theme parks, museums, sports complexes, and other indoor spaces. The Christie fixture uses... Load more stories
Exhibition Features Exclusive: NATO’s John Fithian on the Cinema Recovery Effort, Theatrical Exclusivity Windows Boxoffice Staff • Dec 10th John Fithian joins the Boxoffice Podcast to talk about the state of theatrical exhibition as 2020 comes to a close.
Coronavirus This Canadian Theater’s Patrons Gave $4,500 for a Chance to Haunt It When They Die Chris Eggertsen • Nov 24th Like any old venue, the Regent Theatre in Picton, Ontario has experienced its fair share of (alleged) supernatural activity: cash boxes flying off shelves, cold spots, inexplicable sensations. But until now, it didn’t have a resident spirit to call its...
Exhibition Features NATO Members Discuss Path Forward for Exhibition Industry During Annual Meetings Boxoffice Staff • Nov 23rd NATO’s Annual Meetings are usually held in Los Angeles every fall. This year, those meetings were all held virtually.
Exhibition News Kinepolis Re-Closes U.S. MJR Cinemas Locations, Re-Opens Cinemas in the Netherlands Rebecca Pahle • Nov 19th Multi-national exhibitor Kinepolis has provided an update on the state of their circuit in Europe, the U.S., and Canada, taking into account the last few weeks of re-openings and re-closures due to a spike in Covid-19 cases in a number...
Exhibition Features With Hollywood on a Box Office Break, Local Titles Step Into Overseas Markets Rebecca Pahle • Nov 17th The worldwide theatrical market remains in flux, with cinemas domestically and internationally re-closing and re-opening in response to rising Covid-19 numbers and their attendant government restrictions. When cinemas are open, one of the major concerns is what to play—namely, how...
Exhibition News Regal to Re-Close Cinema Locations in New York State, California Rebecca Pahle • Nov 11th Regal has announced that they will be temporarily re-closing their theaters in California and New York at the end of the day tomorrow, Thursday, November 12. The United States’ second largest exhibitor, Regal—along with its U.K.-based parent company Cineworld—temporarily shuttered...
Coronavirus AMC Announces Availability of Private Theater Rentals at U.S. Locations After Successful Beta Launch Chris Eggertsen • Nov 10th AMC Entertainment has announced the launch of private theater rentals at its approximately 600 U.S. locations, accessible via an automated booking and purchase system on the AMC website and app. The official announcement follows the initial beta launch of the...
Exhibition News UNIC Demands Further Public Funding Support for Cinemas During Covid-19 Crisis Boxoffice Staff • Nov 3rd PRESS RELEASE Following recent decisions requiring the closure of cinemas across a number of European countries in response to ‘spikes’ in Covid-19, European trade body the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) has today renewed its call to national governments, the...
Exhibition News CEO Adam Aron Speaks to Q3 Earnings Results, Path for AMC Moving Forward Rebecca Pahle • Nov 2nd In an earnings call with investors held on November 2, AMC CEO Adam Aron laid out the chain’s current financial situation—and the steps the largest exhibitor in North America is taking to make it through the remaining months of 2020...
Exhibition News Malaysian Exhibitors Decide to Temporarily Re-Close Cinema Operations Rebecca Pahle • Nov 2nd Malaysia has become the latest country to re-close cinema operations as a result of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic.
Exhibition Features Holding Down the Fort: Shelli Taylor Joins Alamo Drafthouse as New CEO Rebecca Pahle • Oct 29th The world was a very different place when Shelli Taylor began the series of conversations with Alamo Drafthouse that would land her in the exhibition industry, even if it was just 10 months ago, in late December 2019. Only one...
Exhibition News Christie Introduces far-UVC Light Fixture with Patented Care222 Technology for UV Disinfection Boxoffice Staff • Oct 28th PRESS RELEASE Christie is pleased to announce the launch of the Christie CounterAct™ line of commercial UV disinfection products with patented Care222® far-UVC light technology for cinemas, theme parks, museums, sports complexes, and other indoor spaces. The Christie fixture uses...