by Ariston Anderson Industry professionals at the new MIA market debate the video streaming service, which launches in Italy, Spain and Portugal this week. Netflix’s impending Italy launch was a key issue at the new market sidelining the Rome Film Festival, which reinvented itself this year under the leadership of Lucia Milazzotto as MIA, the […]
by David Lieberman Consumers dug deeper into their pockets to pay for movie tickets in Q3 — averaging $8.25, up 2.1% vs the same period in 2014, according to data out today from the National Association of Theatre Owners. That makes this the third consecutive quarter with price increases, for a year-to-date average of $8.34. […]
by Anthony D’Alessandro and Brian Brooks Putting a new spin on the theatrical-VOD model, Netflix started streaming Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation on Friday, and also opened the film in 31 theaters via Bleecker Street to $50,699, “a horrendous result” according to one rival specialty distrib chief this morning. The theater average for […]
by Anthony D’Alessandro Tonight there are several rival distribution chiefs in town who believe Paramount is leaving money on the table in its release of back-to-back horror films Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension on October 23 and the R-rated Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse on October 30. The current tracking for Paranormal Activity’s sixth […]