Sentences with phrase «movie theater owners»

The LEGO Movie is a prime example of why movie theater owners are right to complain about trailers.

For twenty - five out of twenty - six years in the third quarter of the 20th century, John Wayne was voted one of Hollywood's top ten money - making stars in Quigley's annual poll of movie theater owners.

The festival controversy dividing audiences this year was between Netflix (which produced both Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories this year) and the professional association for movie theater owners, arguing over Netflix's refusal to open the two films in theaters as part of their «exclusive content» strategy.

There may be nothing, save Christmas, that has had so many females (and movie theater owners) counting the sleeps until its arrival.

Movie theater owners are completely freaking out about this, so go see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend in IMAX to support your local theater chain — if it's not already boycotting it, that is — or watch it at home to cast your vote for the streaming future.

Not exact matches

Because they are usually operating indoors, kiosk owners typically sign licensing agreements at malls, stadiums, movie theaters, or other locations.

More alarmingly, it has been lobbying against traditional theater - only cinematic runs for new movie releases — leading John Fithian, CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners trade organization, to call out Netflix at a recent conference as a «grave threat to the movie business.»

«We believe that movies made for the cinema are different than movies made for home content,» says Fithian, the head of the theater owners» trade group.

LAS VEGAS — The summer movie going season roared to life with the record - breaking opening weekend for «Avengers: Infinity War,» but industry leaders want audiences and theater owners to know that a healthy movie business is not just about the superheroes.

The owner of the mall, Simon Property Group, recently revealed plans to demolish the Sears store and replace it with several buildings, including a movie theater.

CNBC reported last year that mall owners are converting many former Sears Auto Centers in the United States into movie theaters and restaurants.

Mall owners like General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) have found success by targeting experience - based tenants like gyms, restaurants, movie theaters, amusement - based companies like Dave & Buster's, and even grocery stores.

For $ 9.95, MoviePass offers a movie ticket a day — putting theater owners on the spot and sparking alternatives

For attendees, highlights of this annual 4 day event, which celebrates the movie going experience and brings together theater owners and managers with movie studios, distributors and vendors and the latest technological innovations, was getting to experience live, in person, appearances by some of the biggest stars and filmmakers in the business.

«Today, few midnight movies meet the standard as defined by [former theater owner Ben] Barenholtz.

The CinemaCon convention features massive presentations from each of the major studios, in addition to a few of the smaller ones, like Amazon, with sizzle reels and stars to wow the theater owners with what's coming up and why theaters should be excited about the fresh movies on the horizon.

The robust debut for Marvel's third «Thor» movie was a welcome shot in the arm for Hollywood and theater owners who have suffered through a terrible October at the box office.

Blockbuster directors demand movies large enough to house their egos; the studios are in a state of near - constant panic (and theater owners even more so); genuine storytelling is migrating to television; a lengthy series of explosions translates seamlessly in Beijing or Rio de Janeiro; and on and on.

Theater owners take movies away from theaters if they're not performing.

Well, the weather outside is frightful - and that's exactly why movie studios and theater owners alike love the holiday season.

Avatar (Fox), the top - grossing movie of all time, hits DVD and Blu - ray, albeit without the 3D glory that helped make it such a theatrical experience (no surprise here: Cameron waited a decade to the technology to catch up with his vision, he's certainly not going to put it through the primitive 3D processes available to most home theater owners today).

Some have sold movie tickets they got a theater owner to donate.

Mr. Spielberg and Sidney Sheinberg, the movie's producer, have joined theater owners to allow 10th - and 11th - grade students to watch the film, which tells the story of the German industrialist Oskar Schindler, who risked his fortune to save more than 1,100 Jewish workers during World War II.

Orlando in 1948 was a typical mid-Florida town - small but bustling.Car - clogged Orange Avenue sported a movie theater, a bank or two, rows of small shops - and enough drifters and town drunks to give city officials their own pint - sized headaches.Appliance store owner Marion «Al» Wiggins and four other Orlando businessmen decided something had to be done to get «derelicts» off the street.

Original Debut: Home to a fading vaudeville scene when it opened in 1913, the Imperial became a movie house in 1934 when it was leased to Léo - Ernest Ouimet (owner of the Ouimetoscope, the first movie theater in Canada).

When the building later found itself in the hands of a new owner who did not see MOBA as a good fit, the museum established its main gallery in the Somerville movie theater.

The ads, some of which will be shown at movie theaters during previews, feature small business owners talking about how their businesses were ruined by frivolous lawsuits.

Owners can choose from $ 25 to Starbucks, Red Robin, AMC movie theaters, Walmart, Amazon, Bass Pro Shops or Applebee's, according to reports.

As you stream movies or binge - watch the latest Netflix releases, you might not realize how big an influence theater owners have on what you watch and when you watch it.

Instead, we must — just as we hope theater owners will with movies — overcome our protectionist and self - preservation impulses, thoughtfully listen to consumers, then work to deliver legal services that they want in the way they want them delivered.

Legal consumers would happily trust lawyers over others in the market just as movie - goers would happily trust theater owners if either group was being responsive to consumer needs.

... In the end... if you believe in the cinema experience, if you believe in going out of your house and experiencing movies on the big screen, do you want to trust Sean Parker about what's good for that business or do you want to trust the movie studios and the theater owners about what's good for that business.

It adds a sense of realism to the movie - going experience that we've been longing for and that theater owners have needed.

The movie theater subscription service and its owner, Helios & Matheson, have acquired Moviefone, an entertainment brand that's been around since the late 1980s.

And theater owners like AMC have already lashed out against the service claiming its low - cost tickets are devaluing the movie - going experience.

That means home theater PC owners are stuck with inferior movie and TV show quality compared to much cheaper streaming boxes such as the Amazon Fire TV, Roku 4, and Nvidia Shield Android TV.

Theater Mode wouldn't just be a welcome invention for movie goers but for theater owners as well.

Another blockbuster deal shows that theater chains are working their way out of a screen glut — and that bodes well for retail property owners banking on movies to draw traffic into their properties.

Only in this case it was shopping center owners meet movie theater anchors.

These opulent dwellings often include a doorman, concierge service, boat dockage, 24 - hour monitored security and security staff, maid service, luxury spas, pools, tennis and racquetball courts, state - of - the - art fitness centers, designer appliances, top - of - the - line fixtures and lighting, marble floors, walk - in closets, wireless Internet access in all common spaces (including poolside), owner's lounges, business centers, wine rooms, movie theaters, and valet and underground parking.