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Ron Howard Thinks The Movie Theater Experience Will Be More Like Broadway After The Pandemic

October 21, 2020 11:14 am

What will the film industry look like in 10 years? Hell, what will it look like next year? No one really has any idea what to expect after everything settles down and the pandemic is in our rearview mirror. Ho...

Cinemark Has Reportedly Sold 22,000+ Private “Watch Parties” As Consumers Are Looking For Safer Ways To Enjoy New Films

Charles Barfield

October 19, 2020 1:30 pm

Box Office, News

The truth is, there are a lot of film fans that are still very apprehensive about going to indoor movie theaters and watching a film on the big screen in the US. This is evidenced by the fact that box office n...

Chris Evans Is Optimistic About Movie Theaters’ Future But Says It Would Be “A Heartbreaker” If They Don’t Survive

Charles Barfield

October 16, 2020 11:59 am

Box Office, News

If there is one actor that has seen a huge career boost thanks to the inflated box office receipts from superhero films over the past decade, it’s Chris Evans. Right up there with Robert Downey, Jr., Evans has...

Analyst Sees Grim Future For AMC Theatres: “I Really Don’t Know How They Don’t Go Bankrupt”

Charles Barfield

October 14, 2020 11:58 am

Box Office, News

The other day, AMC Theatres released an SEC filing that basically said the company is going to run out of cash by the end of 2020 or early 2021 if the box office doesn’t improve over the next few months. And g...

AMC Theatres Warns Cash Resources Will Be “Largely Depleted” By The End Of 2020 If Box Office Doesn’t Rebound

Charles Barfield

October 13, 2020 11:46 am

Box Office, News

Just last week, after the surprise shutdown of Cineworld (and thus, Regal Cinemas locations) in the US and UK, AMC Theatres came out and told everyone that things should be just fine and the world’s largest ci...

Patty Jenkins Is Worried About More Cinema Closings: “We Could Lose Movie Theater-Going Forever”

Charles Barfield

October 9, 2020 12:03 pm

Box Office, News

It isn’t just theater owners that are scared for the future of their businesses, as studios continue to delay films from 2020 into 2021 and beyond. Filmmakers, also, are very concerned about what the future if...

David Lynch Would “Probably Be Making A Film” Right Now If No Pandemic But Isn’t Upset: “I Love Isolation”

Charles Barfield

October 7, 2020 11:58 am

News, Television

It’s been a minute since we’ve had any solid news about what the future might hold for David Lynch. Even though the pandemic has been rough on the film industry, as a whole, Lynch has apparently thrived, as he...

Daniel Craig Thinks November “Isn’t The Right Time” To Release ‘No Time To Die’ But Is Hoping April Is Better

Charles Barfield

October 6, 2020 1:44 pm

Box Office, News

April 2020, clearly, wasn’t the right time to release Daniel Craig’s final James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” as the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to move to November. Now, with November fast approaching, the fi...

AMC Will Stay Open Despite Regal Closings & Credits “Groundbreaking” Deal With Universal As The Reason

Charles Barfield

October 6, 2020 10:58 am

Box Office, News

With yesterday’s confirmation from Cineworld, the parent company of Regal Cinemas, that the company would be closing all of its US and UK movie theaters “until further notice,” film fans (and box office analys...

‘Dune’ Delayed Until Fall 2021 As Studios Once Again Shuffle Dates

Charles Barfield

October 5, 2020 3:33 pm

Box Office, News

Earlier today, we shared a piece about how a financial analyst predicted that the only way that theaters are going to be able to survive the uncertainty that is plaguing the theatrical business right now is if...

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