Theaters news and trends

Theater Business Strives for Comeback as Streaming Subscription Drama Plays Out
Streaming // May 17, 2022

Enjoying streaming TV, as billions do, you’d never know the sector is currently experiencing a hiccup as we reset our financial lives a bit trimming a subscription or two — and maybe giving the struggling movie theater industry an opening to exploit as it seeks...

The Coming World Of Going To The Movies … In Your Living Room
Retail // July 29, 2020

In a massive reversal of its previous policy, theater giant AMC Entertainment Holdings has reached agreement with Universal Studios to allow the studio to release films to premium video-streaming services after just 17 days of play in cinemas. The deal signals a massive sea change to a longstanding...

AMC Pushes Back Theater Reopenings Again
Retail // July 23, 2020

For consumers who usually patronize the biggest operators of theaters in the U.S., going to the movies will mean settling into the couch for the next few weeks. AMC Theatres said on Wednesday (July 22) that theaters in the U.S. will remain closed until mid-August,...

AMC Plans Global Reopening For July
Economy // June 09, 2020

AMC Entertainment, the U.S. theater chain, reported a decline in earnings for the first quarter ending March 31, with a $941.5 million drop in revenue. That’s down from $1.2 billion year over year from 2019, according to the company’s earnings report, released June 3. The...

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Netflix Flips Business Model With Plans to Open ‘Knives Out’ Sequel in Theaters Before Streaming

October 06, 2022
Netflix has reached a new agreement with big theater chains to show the streaming giant’s production “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” in theaters, Bloomberg reported. The movie, a sequel to the 2019 original, will run in theaters for a week in late November in big theaters from AMC, Regal and Cinemark, which previously have […]

AMC Pushes Back Theater Reopenings Again

July 23, 2020
For consumers who usually patronize the biggest operators of theaters in the U.S., going to the movies will mean settling into the couch for the next few weeks. AMC Theatres...

AMC Plans Global Reopening For July

June 09, 2020
AMC Entertainment, the U.S. theater chain, reported a decline in earnings for the first quarter ending March 31, with a $941.5 million drop in revenue. That’s down from $1.2 billion...

AMC CEO Says Consumers Will Be Back In Theaters In Mid-June

March 31, 2020
Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment, said in an interview with CNBC that he hopes people will be buying popcorn and seated in its theaters by mid-June. Amid the global...