‘Avengers: Endgame’ Will Break Box-Office Records, and That’s Bad for Business
Not for Disney, of course. But exhibition faces a filmgoing monoculture and a studio that has all the Infinity Stones.
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Led by ‘The Curse of La Llorona,’ This Easter Box Office Is the Worst In a Quarter Century
Faith-based “Breakthrough” starring Chrissy Metz shows strength, but exhibitors are waiting to be saved by next week’s “Avengers: Endgame.”
Andrew Garfield’s ‘Under the Silver Lake’ Tops Shaky Specialty Box Office
“Amazing Grace” is kicking ass this Easter weekend, as the specialty market continues its 2019 decline.
Netflix Numbers Are Worthless Without Context — and That’s Unlikely To Change
Those sexy viewership numbers in Netflix quarterly reports are meaningless without verification— and why would Netflix want to do that?
They Are the Champions: Why ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Is an Unlikely $900 Million Smash
The Oscar-winning music biopic broke the rules to outgross the sequels for “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Spider-Man.”
‘Shazam!’ Leads a Weak Weekend as the Box-Office Addiction to Superheroes Grows
And not just any superheroes, as the “Hellboy” reboot flops.
Elisabeth Moss Boosts ‘Her Smell’ at Specialty Box Office
Neon boasts two well-performing documentaries, Aretha Franklin concert movie “Amazing Grace” and CNN’s eye-popping “Apollo 11.”
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Shatters China Ticket Sale Record, Outsells ‘Infinity War’ First Week in 3 Hours
“Endgame” sold one million tickets in its first six hours of availability, a feat no other film has pulled off in the Middle Kingdom.
The Under-$50 Million Movie Is Endangered. Three Distributors are Fighting to Save It.
With Disney+ looming, Lionsgate, STX, and Neon are at the forefront of mid-budget titles exhibitors need to keep their screens filled.
New York’s Quad Cinema Is Now a Landmark Theater
Under Cohen Media, Landmark will now book Cohen’s Quad Cinema. Expect the remodeled fourplex to raise its game.
10 Things We Learned at CinemaCon, from Netflix’s ‘The Irishman’ Impasse to Windows Nailed Shut
The 2019 convention is dedicated to brick-and-mortar theaters, but streamers like Netflix set the agenda.
‘Shazam’ Does Its Magic as ‘Dumbo’ Deflates — Will It Be ‘Avengers’ to the Rescue?
While “Shazam” soars for Warner Bros., Disney watches its elephant fall to earth and the box office struggles to keep pace.
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