‘Croods: A New Age’ Opens Better Than Expected, but Theaters Are at Best Break Even
Universal’s animated sequel represents the strongest opening since ‘Tenet,’ but Thanksgiving and no competition meant just $14 million.
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The 20 Highest Grossing Indies of 2020 (A Running List)
Refreshed weekly, here’s a chart of the year’s twenty highest-grossing specialty films.
The 20 Highest Grossing Indies of 2020
Take a deeper look at the year’s twenty highest-grossing specialty films, refreshed weekly.
Theaters Will Survive COVID-19 Despite Exhibition’s Dire Present, Says Producer Ira Deutchman
The indie producer, distributor, and marketer has an optimistic view about the fate of theaters once a vaccine becomes widely available.
Box Office Sinks to New Low as 600 Theaters Close and Few New Films Open
The weekend before Thanksgiving is one of the most coveted release dates, but in 2020 the gross won’t even cross $7 million.
Universal’s Cinemark Deal Is Exhibition’s Future: Studios Set Rules, Theaters Follow
Many questions remain after Universal announced deals with AMC and Cinemark, but the bottom line is studios now set the terms.
As ‘Freaky’ Leads Weekend Box Office, Theaters Look Like a PVOD Marketing Device
Universal provides most of the biggest-grossing titles, but with a catch: early PVOD. It is not remotely enough to sustain theaters.
Three Studios, Three Strategies: How COVID-19 Turned Film Releases Into a Free-for-All
Studios were always competitors, but after the pandemic are they all in the same business?
Even with Biden and a Vaccine, the Future of Theaters Looks Bleak Without Government Aid
As Regal closes all cinemas and release dates keep shifting, theater owners say Congress is their only hope — and they may be right.
Focus Features Wins Box Office with ‘Let Him Go’ and ‘Come Play’
This weekend’s top 10 stands around $10.7 million, up about $2 million from last weekend.
‘Come Play’ Wins Halloween Weekend with $3 Million and Sets a PVOD Precedent
Most theaters showed “Come Play” three weeks before anticipated home availability, creating the potential for a long-feared paradigm shift.
‘The Empty Man’ Opens at Empty Theaters as Weekend Box Office Grosses Less Than $10 Million
Releasing films like “The Empty Man” may be doing more harm than good: This weekend, everything averaged less than $1,000 per screen.
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