Showcase Cinemas

Following Monday’s announcement that movie theaters in New York City will be allowed to open on March 5, Showcase Cinemas has announced that three of their locations—two in Queens, one in Brooklyn—will reopen on that date. Governor Cuomo’s announcement—long-anticipated yet...

National Popcorn Day is coming to the U.S. on Jan. 19 – and to celebrate, exhibitors are offering special deals in an attempt to lure moviegoers to the multiplex. Cinemark, North America’s third-largest theater chain, has announced it will hold...

Moviegoers can now customize their ticket buying experience at Showcase Cinemas on Alexa-enabled devices. The voice-activated solution allows moviegoers to find showtimes and purchase tickets on Amazon’s digital assistant for any of the circuit’s 25 U.S. locations. The voice-activated solution—developed...

The National Association of Concessionaire’s Concession and Hospitality Expo may be a no-go this year—replaced by necessity with the NAC ReTreat Week, ending today—but those concessions execs who were going to be honored in-person over the summer will still get...

By Kevin Lally and Daniel Loria When Sideways opened in four theaters on October 22, 2004, no one expected the film to linger much beyond that year’s awards season. The movie did very well in its opening weekend, grossing a...

Showcase Cinemas kicked off the Christmas season early, Home Alone-style—bringing the Christmas classic to their locations for a special event on Sunday, October 25.  Visitors to the 18 Showcase U.K. locations where Home Alone was screening—the only Showcase location to...

Regal’s decision to temporarily suspend operations at all its U.S. locations on October 8 sent shockwaves across the exhibition industry, prompting similar concerns that other top circuits would follow suit. Boxoffice Pro can confirm, however, that other top circuits in...

Showcase Cinemas, the U.S. division of global giant National Amusements, has announced plans to open nine of their Massachusetts theaters on Friday, August 28. Showcase has already opened locations in Warwick and Providence Place, Rhode Island and Springdale, Ohio. On...

On May 30, Showcase Cinemas opened a “pop-up” drive-in theater at their Patriot Place location in Foxborough, Massachusetts with a screening of Steven Spielberg’s 1981 classic Raiders of the Lost Ark. The sold-out event— which doubled as a fundraiser for...

Showcase Cinemas, a subsidiary of National Amusements, has become the latest chain to launch their own VOD service. Called ShowcaseNOW, the streaming service is designed to complement Showcase’s in-theater event cinema programming, which makes titles of niche interest—for example, special-interest...

As moviegoers across the United States shelter in place inside their homes, millions of essential workers—doctors, nurses, sanitation staff, EMT workers, pharmacists, grocery store workers, teachers, and more—are keeping things going. Showcase Cinemas is paying tribute to those everyday heroes...