Sentences with phrase «theater owners»

The issue of revenue splitting is an acute one for theater owners who are already fighting against up - and - down ticket sales and mounting competition from streaming outlets.

But, just as is the case with theater owners, lawyers have struggled to effectively listen to legal consumers.

And theater owners across the region are also concerned.

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.

It's basically Comic - Con for 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.

The Council opposed the floor price, and the Real Estate Board of New York had argued it would have a negative impact on theater owners in market downturns.

So when it came time for the studio to show off its most bankable film to theater owners at CinemaCon on Tuesday, the company spotlighted the franchise that has collected $ 3.8 billion at the box office:...

Almost two full decades before the explosion of effects - and gore - driven horror created in large part by the emergence of a viable VHS genre market, Lewis and his producing partner crafted careers out of servicing the more prurient interests of theater owners, who were eager to book cheap fare that could fill seats between Hollywood studio engagements.

The poster was revealed at CinemaCon, the annual convention for theater owners in Las Vegas.

The Napster co-founder's Screening Room proposal isn't what the industry needs, say theater owners.

Broadway theater owners pay $ 17.60 per square foot into the Theater Subdistrict Fund when they sell off their air rights.

For those who don't know, CinemaCon is a convention where theater owners get a look at what the studios have to offer for the rest of the year, and where vendors can show new products for theaters to buy.

Then Universal announced it would make the film available on demand in two cities for $ 59.99 three weeks after its theatrical release, only to nix those plans after outcry from theater owners.

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).

When the house lights went on and he was introduced by theater owner Allen Michaan, the crowd gave the director a thunderous ovation.

Viacom's (NASDAQ: VIA)(NASDAQ: VIAB) Paramount attempted to release some select titles on premium VOD closer to their release dates in 2015, but theater owners revolted, and the plan was scrapped.

«The American theater owner is looking for ways to keep people at the cinema spending money for a longer period of time, and food and beverage is one of those ways,» Etter continues.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- In New York state government news, theater owners ask for permission to serve alcohol to moviegoers and there's a new push to legalize marijuana.

The de Blasio administration scrapped a plan to make theater owners hand over a bigger slice of the profits from air - rights sales.

Broadway theater owners currently pay $ 17.60 per square foot into the Theater Subdistrict Fund when they make a deal.

Thankfully, however, theater owners seem to have realized that...

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

(Distributors encouraged theater owners to reach out to their local sales reps.)

Over the end credits, the cast sings «In the Navy» music video style with members of the Village People in an apparent attempt to help theater owners clear the theaters more quickly.

When director Bill Condon mentioned in passing that his upcoming Beauty And The Beast would touch, very briefly, on the sexuality of Josh Gad's character — Gaston - admiring crony LeFou — he probably wasn't expecting to unite Russian politicians and Alabama - based theater owners in common homophobic cause.

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

Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman Tom Rothman assured theater owners Monday that his studio is dedicated to appealing to a range of audiences — from global franchises such as «Spider - Man» and «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» series to family films, action pics, comedies and even Quentin Tarantino's Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt film «Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.»

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.

This film about love knowing no boundaries easily crossed its first border into del Toro's native Mexico where it was the number one movie with a $ 3.2 million opening frame, leaving theater owners clamoring to add more dates and get copies of the film onto their screens.

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

We also once again get the promotional newsreel explaining to theater owners how and why audiences would not be allowed in late to see «Psycho,» as well as the original «Psycho» trailer — still probably the funniest promotion for a horror film ever made — as well as a brand new featurette («Psycho Sound») about the 5.1 digital audio track created for the Blu - ray and more.

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.

She spoke with theater owners under threat of suicide bombers in Pakistan, museum curators who risked all to save Afghani cultural treasures, and television producers from Algeria who were nearly killed for presenting a popular program.

We have different prices for airplane tickets and Broadway shows; why don't theater owners use different ticket prices to manage demand and keep their venues packed?

In such a scenario, EPR would likely be hard - pressed to quickly find a replacement tenants for its theaters, since they are highly specialized and could only be re-leased to other theater owners.

An article in The Times today shows how a small, but potent ultra-conservative faction in Japan has intimidated theater owners pondering showing «The Cove,» the Oscar - winning documentary that revealed in bloody detail the annual roundup of dolphins by a Japanese town and the slaughter of the animals that don't get auctioned to dolphin shows and aquariums.

He worked with theater owners while at TI to help them figure out ways to finance a transition to high dev movie theaters.

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.

Lawyers probably don't know or don't care about this pitched battle between theater owners and tech insurgents.

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

MoviePass hopes to eventually convince theater owners it's growing their customer base, so it can be cut in on profits, according to CEO Mitch Lowe, in a report from Variety in August.

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

«If you didn't join in the building fray, you lost your markets anyway,» explains consultant and theater owner Keith Thompson of Phoenix Theatres LLC in Knoxville, Tenn..

So bad was the residual stench in some cases that theater owners actually had to rip out seats and replace them with new ones because people were refusing to enter the theaters.