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Theater owners group optimistic about future of moviegoing
Read full article: Theater owners group optimistic about future of moviegoingJohn Fithian, the outgoing CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, assured exhibitors Tuesday at the CinemaCon trade convention that the industry is โoff to an incredible start in 2023.โ.
New York cinemas reopen, brightening outlook for theaters
Read full article: New York cinemas reopen, brightening outlook for theatersKathyn Dennet, center, and Brian Haver leave the IFC Center after viewing a screening on "Mank", Friday, March 5, 2021, in New York. Theaters in many other areas reopened last summer around the release of Christopher Nolanโs โTenet,โ but that attempted comeback fizzled. โItโs a symbolic moment,โ said Michael Barker, co-president of the New York-based Sony Pictures Classics, which on Friday released the Oscar contenders โThe Fatherโ and โThe Truffle Huntersโ in Manhattan theaters. Some of the cityโs prominent theaters, including the Film Forum, the Alamo Drafthouse, the Metrograph and Regal Cinemas were targeting openings in the coming weeks. โWe in the movie theater business live off of movies that play all around the country and all around the world.
Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters
Read full article: Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbustersFILE - Posters for upcoming movies are displayed in an empty corridor at the currently closed AMC Burbank Town Center 8 movie theaters complex on April 29, 2020, in Burbank, Calif. After several false starts, the film industry is hoping to bring new releases back into movie theaters in late August. While the beleaguered restaurant industry still has takeout and airlines continue to operate with masked flyers, the vast majority of U.S. movie theaters havent punched a single ticket since March. The largest studios the Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros., Universal now all have streaming services of their own now, along with television operations. Theaters in China, the worlds second largest movie market, this week reopened with theaters limited to 30% capacity. If they dont do something, if they just keeping holding the films back, the theaters are going to die.
Theater owners: 'The Irishman' 'deserved better' release
Read full article: Theater owners: 'The Irishman' 'deserved better' releaseNEW YORK, NY Martin Scorsese's crime epic "The Irishman" landed in theaters Friday, but not nearly enough of them for theater owners. Netflix was unable to come to terms with the largest movie theater chains on "The Irishman." The traditional theatrical window is 90 days, something Netflix has declined to follow. That has left Netflix films essentially boycotted by the majority of multiplexes. "The point of an exclusive theatrical window is for movies to reach their full commercial potential.