Movie theaters are evolving, not dying

Girl watching a comedy movie at the cinema with her friend. Rgstudio | E+ | Getty Images LOS ANGELES — The movies are still big. It’s the multiplexes that are getting smaller. Since 2019, the nu...

AMC Theaters Announces Latest Move To Boost Ticket Sales

Photo by Victor J. Blue/Getty Images Getty Images AMC Theaters announced a plan to price tickets based on seat location within the auditorium, although it’s unclear that such a cookie-cutter plan will...

Movie theaters get creative with concessions

The AMC Empire 25 near Times Square is open as New York City’s cinemas reopen for the first time in a year following the coronavirus shutdown, on March 5, 2021. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images...

AMC says it ended talks to acquire theaters from Cineworld

Pedestrians pass a Cineworld Group Plc cinema in Aldershot, U.K., on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images AMC said it is no longer in talks to acquire theaters from Regal paren...

Will Streaming Kill DVD And Movie Theaters?

Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images. Getty Images Movie theaters are struggling to reinvent themselves after COVID-19 got many people more comfortable streaming content at home. It takes a big film like ...

Disney’s ‘Strange World’ Plummets At The Theaters, But Not All Is Lost For Disney Animation

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) Jake Gyllenhaal, Gabrielle Union and and Jaboukie Young-White … [+] attend the UK Premiere of “Strange World” at Cineworld Leicester Square...

‘Terrifier 2’ Opens In 850 Theaters Amid Recent Horror Movie Successes

‘Terrifier 2’ Dread Central, Cinedigm and Bloody Disgusting Opening tonight in 850 theaters for a Thurs-Sun run (Thurs, Sunday and Monday in AMC, Thurs-Sun everywhere else), Bloody Disgust...

Natasha Dupeyrón – Verónica Castro Dramedy ‘Cuando Sea Joven’ (When I’m Young) Opens In U.S. Theaters

Natasha Dupeyron in a scene from “Cuando Seas Joven.” Pantelion Films Cuando Sea Joven (When I’m Young), starring Natasha Dupeyrón and the iconic Verónica Castro, opens today in more than ...

‘Avatar’ returns to theaters as Disney hypes James Cameron’s long-delayed sequel

Avatar Source: Walt Disney Studios The Na’vi return to the big screen this weekend as Disney looks to reignite interest in its newly acquired Avatar franchise, three months before the debut of t...

Rejoice, For Channing Tatum’s ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Is Heading To Theaters After All

Magic Mike Warner Bros. Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. Discovery is sending Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance to theaters. Jason Kilar had greenlighted the film as an HBO Max premiere....

Disney Returns To Theaters As ‘Barbarian’ And ‘Brahmāstra:’ Top Weekend Box Office

Georgina Campbell as Tess in 20th Century Studios’ BARBARIAN, exclusively on Hulu. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of 20th Cent...

‘Cinema Day’ Helped But Theaters Still Need More Big Movies

Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Sony As the prophecy foretold, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick roared back to the top of the domestic box office charts, ending the summer at #1 for...

Why ‘Halloween Ends’ Will (Also) Open In Theaters And On Peacock

Michael Myers (aka The Shape) and Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN ENDS, directed by David Gordon Green © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. What’s good for Halloween Kills is good ...

Movie Theaters Are Being Starved To Death

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2020/10/05: A woman wearing a face mask walks past the Regal Cinemas. Regal Cinemas which is the second-largest operator of theatres in the United States, plans to clos...

Movie Theaters Brace for a Rough Intermission

Cineworld doesn’t seem to have much faith in The Rock, though he probably shouldn’t take it personally.  The U.K.-based owner of the Regal Cinemas movie-theater chain is preparing to file for chapter ...

Tom Cruise Really Did Save Movie Theaters

Paramount has announced that Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick will debut on PVOD and EST (priced to buy) on August 23, a week from today. That gives it the standard 90-day theatrical window, although the ...

No Way Home’ return to theaters

Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Sony Spider-Man, the Na’vi and a ragtag group of galactic rebels are making their way back to theaters at the end of t...

Moviegoers are leaving their couches for theaters, bringing summer box office sales close to pre-pandemic levels

It’s becoming clearer that audiences are no longer satisfied just sitting on the couch to watch movies. Not only are they returning to movie theaters in droves, theater operators say they’...

United Arab Emirates bans Pixar’s new Buzz Lightyear movie from theaters

Tim Allen and Tom Hanks voice Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody in Pixar’s “Toy Story.” Disney DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Disney Pixar’s animated movie “Lightyear”...

Ukraine’s Cinemas, Museums And Theaters Start Reopening As Russia’s War Targets Cultural Sites

Topline The Theater on Podil in Kyiv, Ukraine, reopened over the weekend for the first time since Russia invaded the country, the Associated Press reports, marking the latest cultural institution in U...

‘Morbius’ Sweeped! Why Sony Sent A Box Office Bomb Back To Theaters

Jared Leto in ‘Morbius’ Sony As expected by anyone who understands the difference between online discourse and real-world interest, Sony’s reissue of Jared Leto’s Morbius earned $300,000 i...

These Rescue Rangers Are Good Enough For Theaters

Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ poster Walt Disney Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) Walt Disney/rated PG/96 minutes Directed by Akiva Schaffer Written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand Produced...

Sony’s ‘Bullet Train’ Delay Finally Gives Theaters An August Tentpole

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brad Pitt star in Bullet Train. Sony In what seemed like a frankly inevitable outcome, Sony has delayed David Leitch’s Bullet Train one last time, shifting the Brad Pitt-and-f...

The Way Of Water’ Trailer Debuted In Theaters First

And here I thought this gorgeous, hypotonic teaser for Avatar: The Way Of Water was supposed to be in theaters only for a week. So either I misheard or Disney lost their nerve, since it just popped up...

Broadway Attendance Plummets As Theaters Drop Vaccine Mandate

The cast of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENOUGH on Broadway. Marc J. Franklin Is Broadway back? Depends on who you ask. With 36 shows up and running, the industry’...

Shiba Inu and Dogecoin Now Accepted by AMC Theaters

Alex Dovbnya AMC has finally added support for Dogecoin and Shiba Inu after months of anticipation AMC Theatres, the biggest cinema chain in the world, has finally started accepting Dogecoin and Shiba...

‪Shiba Inu And Dogecoin Will Be Accepted At AMC Theaters Come March 19th, 2022

AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) is on the verge of ending the long wait for Dogecoin and Shiba Inu fans. Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres, announced that customers can start paying with the two dog...

Foo Fighters’ Metal Horror Movie ‘Studio 666’ Has Unsurprisingly Bombed In Theaters

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters … [+] attend the Los Angeles premiere of “Studio 666” at TCL Chinese Theatr...

China’s holiday box office plunges theaters raise movie ticket prices

Moviegoers line up in front of promotional posters for Chinese Lunar New Year films in Shanghai on Feb. 1, 2022. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese consumer spending on movi...

Why Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ Is Skipping Theaters For A Disney+ Premiere

GIANT PROBLEM – In Disney and Pixar’s all-new original feature film “Turning Red,” 13-year-old Mei Lee “poofs” into a giant panda when she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS)...

Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ to skip theaters, head straight to Disney+

Still from Pixar’s “Turning Red.” Disney Another Pixar film is heading straight to Disney+. On Friday, Disney announced that is newest animated feature “Turning Red” woul...

Shiba Inu and Dogecoin Coming to AMC Theaters in March

Alex Dovbnya AMC customers will “most likely” be able to purchase tickets with Dogecoin and Shiba Inu starting from March AMC CEO Adam Aron has just taken to Twitter to announce that the w...