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:...
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.»
Owner Meghan Ritchie started selling baked goods from her New York City stoop once a week in 2011 — «I was waiting tables
at the time and working in
theater,» she says — and that grew into a collaboration with jam company Anarchy in a Jar in 2012.
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.
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.
At the ongoing CinemaCon showcase for
theater owners, Blum brought Curtis on stage during the Universal panel on Wednesday (April 25) to help unveil the first official teaser trailer for the highly anticipated film, which will be a direct sequel to John Carpenter's original Halloween, set 40 years after the events of the first film.
The death of Sherman Torgan,
owner and proprietor of the New Beverly Cinema, reminded me of an evening in 1993 when my friend Julia Sweeney and I met up with Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Laurence Tierney, Chris Penn, and Michael Madsen (I think that was the whole crew)
at Insomnia (Beverly and Poinsettia, near El Coyote) and did «The Walk» down Beverly Blvd. to the
theater, where those guys were going to do a Q&A with the audience after a showing of «Reservoir Dogs.»
Grand Lake Theatre
owner Allen Michaan said advance interest for «Black Panther»
at his four - screen
theater near Lake Merritt is off the charts, with several groups renting out entire
theaters to see the film.
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.
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.
MoviePass is operating
at a loss and subsidizing its users with the hope that
at some point it will successfully demonstrate to studios and
theater owners that it is growing their customer base.
The latest count by the National Association of Theatre
Owners (NATO) puts the number of all
theater screens in the United States
at 37,185, with more to come.