When will moviegoing as we know it return? Everyone in Hollywood is trying to answer that question, but very few want to say what they think out loud—partly because nobody really knows, and making a mistake could have devastating consequences at a moment when the industry is already in free fall. Only a handful of […]

Before COVID-19, it wasn’t unusual for 50 percent of seats at U.S. theaters to remain empty on the weekends without dampening business overall. Hollywood studios and theater owners would normally never discuss what’s a taboo topic: the millions of seats across the U.S. that remain empty even when the box office is booming. READ FULL […]

Comcast CFO Mike Cavanaugh sees PVOD opportunities arising on a “title by title” basis going foward at Universal although “there is obviously a lot of industry stuff to work through to bring that to fruition.” His comments at a media conference Wednesday – the latest in a war of words over windows – were in […]

Government pressure in China, and commercial pressure elsewhere, could lead to stricter norms: “A good chunk of that box office revenue wouldn’t be replaced.” READ FULL ARTICLE