Malco Theatres

Earlier this week, Cinema In Flux continued is webinar series focused on the reopening of cinemas as attention turns toward the recovery for dine-in venues.

Malco Theatres is reopening its Summer Drive-In Theatre in Memphis this Friday, May 15. One of only 330 drive-in theaters remaining in the U.S., the quad-screen cinema closed in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Beginning Friday, it will offer...

How much do you and your friends, family, or colleagues know about the movies? With Jeopardy! going into reruns on May 4 and in-person bar trivia events suspended, Memphis-based Malco Theatres will partner with Cerrito Trivia for an online nationwide...

Following their inaugural webinar earlier this month, Cinema In Flux continued its dive into another key issue exhibitors will be tackling in the coming months as the industry prepares to recover from the current COVID-19 crisis: marketing.

“This unprecedented event has created an unprecedented amount of stress, which leads to an unprecedented amount of sleepless nights.” That’s Karen Melton, vice president and director of marketing at Malco Theatres—who’s used some of those sleepless nights to come up...

North American cinemas have cut theater capacity by 50 percent in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

PRESS RELEASE (Memphis, TN – August 22, 2019) – Memphis-based Malco Theatres, a 104-year-old family-owned motion picture exhibition company, announced today that guests visiting the Grandview Cinema in Madison, Mississippi, can soon enjoy the world’s most immersive cinematic experience when the IMAX® theatre opens in time for the...

PRESS RELEASE (Memphis, TN) Thursday, April 4, 2019 – Memphis-based Malco Theatres has promoted David Tashie to President and Chief Operating Officer. Tashie, son of Co-Chairman Jimmy Tashie and great-grandson of founder M.A. Lightman, Sr, began his career with Malco in 1998 and worked his way...

PRESS RELEASE (Memphis, TN) Thursday, January 10, 2019 – Memphis-based Malco Theatres is pleased to announce luxury recliner seating and upgraded amenities at the Jonesboro Towne Cinema (formerly Hollywood Cinema). Renovations to the theatre, located at 2407 East Parker Drive in Jonesboro, Arkansas, will include converting all auditoriums...