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A global pandemic plunged the global exhibition business into an existential crisis. Our look back on 10 pivotal moments in a historic year. The Shutdown March Sony’s Bad Boys for Life hit screens in North America on January 17, finishing...

Universal Pictures announced early this afternoon that F9 will shift back slightly from May 28 to a June 25 domestic release this summer. The studio also delayed Minions: The Rise of Gru from this July 2 to next year, now...

It's been another busy week for the film industry. Two major announcements with a wide range of implications are still being absorbed by anyone and everyone with an interest in this sector of the entertainment ecosphere.

As we say goodbye to the first month of a new year and eagerly await the next -- if only to get one step closer toward recovery amid the pandemic -- there's good news and bad news.

Universal, along with Warner Bros. and Disney, is among the major studios who have distributed the most films theatrically during the Covid-19 pandemic—a position it’s likely to maintain moving into 2021 and 2022.  That’s thanks to Universal’s unprecedented deals for...

In a pair of recent conferences, executives from Cinemark have provided more details with how the chain will interact with Universal and Warner Bros. moving forward with regards to the studios’ respective strategies of shortening the theatrical exclusivity window. In...

After weeks of seeming inevitability, we now know the fate of Wonder Woman 1984 is that of a hybrid December 25 release. What does it really mean?

Cineplex has entered into a dynamic window agreement with Universal that will see the window for Universal/Focus titles shrink to as little as 17 days.

This week's report is fairly short and to the point as major studios take a break from new releases -- particularly Universal, which has claimed the top spot for the past three weekends with the debuts of Freaky, Let Him...

Cinemark, the third-largest cinema circuit in North America, will be instituting a shortened theatrical exclusivity window for Universal titles. The Texas-based chain is now the second major circuit to announce a shortened window with Universal, following rival AMC’s earlier move...

The last two weekends have been notable for the top-of-the-chart debuts of two wide releases from Focus Features, the first time that's occurred in studio history. Come Play and Let Him Go have proven to be the latest anchors in...

As October comes to a close, only one new film is heading into wide release this weekend: Focus Features' Come Play. The PG-13 horror thriller is ideally timed for Halloween weekend with the holiday landing on a Saturday this year....