Exhibition Features News Stories Exhibition Features NATO Members Discuss Path Forward for Exhibition Industry During Annual Meetings Boxoffice Staff • Nov 23rd NATO’s Annual Meetings are usually held in Los Angeles every fall. This year, those meetings were all held virtually. Exhibition Features With Hollywood on a Box Office Break, Local Titles Step Into Overseas Markets Rebecca Pahle • Nov 17th The worldwide theatrical market remains in flux, with cinemas domestically and internationally re-closing and re-opening in response to rising Covid-19 numbers and their attendant government restrictions. When cinemas are open, one of the major concerns is what to play—namely, how... Exhibition Features Uphill Battlers: Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin Play Comic Alter Egos in The Climb Kevin Lally • Nov 16th The buddy comedy is a venerable movie genre, but there have been few movie buddies like Mike and Kyle, the duo at the center of the acclaimed Sony Pictures Classics release The Climb. In the opening scene, as the best... Exhibition Features The Noble Nacho: NAC Honors Ricos’ Charlie Gomez with the 2020 Mickey Warner Award Rebecca Pahle • Nov 13th Growing up in Texas, a high school-age Charlie Gomez’s weekends were often devoted to two things: Sports and movies. Years down the line, he’s made the latter into a career. Over a period of 20 years, Gomez has helped theaters... Exhibition Features A Grand Showcase: NAC Honors National Amusements’ Bill LeClair with 2020 Bert Nathan Award Rebecca Pahle • Nov 13th The National Association of Concessionaire’s Concession and Hospitality Expo may be a no-go this year—replaced by necessity with the NAC ReTreat Week, ending today—but those concessions execs who were going to be honored in-person over the summer will still get... Exhibition Features International Excellence: Celebrating This Year’s ICTA EMEA Award Winners Rebecca Pahle • Nov 12th The movie theater industry is a global one, with theater operators able to gain insight and inspiration from the stories of their international brethren. To that end, Boxoffice PRO is proud to feature profiles of this year’s ICTA EMEA Award... Exhibition Features Tasting Notes: Sommelier Jessica Bell Pairs Wine with Concession Stand Classics Boxoffice Staff • Nov 11th by Jesssica Bell Interested in wine at the movies? Boxoffice Pro asked Jessica Bell, sommelier and founder of HaloVino, to pair wine with some concession stand staples. Chocolate Raisins Zinfandel The zinfandel grape naturally “raisinates” a bit on the vine.... Exhibition Features The Perfect Pairing: Could Wine Emerge as One of Cinema’s Post-Pandemic F&B Trends? Boxoffice Staff • Nov 10th By Kevin Lally and Daniel Loria When Sideways opened in four theaters on October 22, 2004, no one expected the film to linger much beyond that year’s awards season. The movie did very well in its opening weekend, grossing a... Exhibition Features A Flavorful Farewell: Daniel Borschke Says Goodbye to the National Association of Concessionaires Rebecca Pahle • Nov 9th “When I took this position, I remember telling someone: ‘They’re actually paying me to do this. I get to go to the movies and eat popcorn and candy. I would do it on my own!’” So began, in 2011, Daniel... Exhibition Features Showcase Cinemas Brings Early Christmas Magic to the U.K. Boxoffice Staff • Nov 4th Showcase Cinemas kicked off the Christmas season early, Home Alone-style—bringing the Christmas classic to their locations for a special event on Sunday, October 25. Visitors to the 18 Showcase U.K. locations where Home Alone was screening—the only Showcase location to... Exhibition Features Imax Touts Success in Asian Markets as U.S. Cinema Industry Slow to Bounce Back Rebecca Pahle • Nov 2nd In a quarterly earnings call held Thursday, October 29, Imax CEO Richard Gelfond cited a “resurgent Asian box office, particularly in China and Japan” as one of the factors making Imax “among the best positioned companies in the industry to... Exhibition Features This Week on the Boxoffice Podcast: How Regional Film Festivals Are Adapting to Covid-19 Boxoffice Staff • Oct 29th Lela Meadow-Conner, executive director of the Film Festival Alliance (FFA), joins Rebecca Pahle and Russ Fischer on this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast. A non-profit organization designed to create a collaborative networking space for mission-driven film festivals around the... Load more stories
Exhibition Features NATO Members Discuss Path Forward for Exhibition Industry During Annual Meetings Boxoffice Staff • Nov 23rd NATO’s Annual Meetings are usually held in Los Angeles every fall. This year, those meetings were all held virtually.
Exhibition Features With Hollywood on a Box Office Break, Local Titles Step Into Overseas Markets Rebecca Pahle • Nov 17th The worldwide theatrical market remains in flux, with cinemas domestically and internationally re-closing and re-opening in response to rising Covid-19 numbers and their attendant government restrictions. When cinemas are open, one of the major concerns is what to play—namely, how...
Exhibition Features Uphill Battlers: Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin Play Comic Alter Egos in The Climb Kevin Lally • Nov 16th The buddy comedy is a venerable movie genre, but there have been few movie buddies like Mike and Kyle, the duo at the center of the acclaimed Sony Pictures Classics release The Climb. In the opening scene, as the best...
Exhibition Features The Noble Nacho: NAC Honors Ricos’ Charlie Gomez with the 2020 Mickey Warner Award Rebecca Pahle • Nov 13th Growing up in Texas, a high school-age Charlie Gomez’s weekends were often devoted to two things: Sports and movies. Years down the line, he’s made the latter into a career. Over a period of 20 years, Gomez has helped theaters...
Exhibition Features A Grand Showcase: NAC Honors National Amusements’ Bill LeClair with 2020 Bert Nathan Award Rebecca Pahle • Nov 13th The National Association of Concessionaire’s Concession and Hospitality Expo may be a no-go this year—replaced by necessity with the NAC ReTreat Week, ending today—but those concessions execs who were going to be honored in-person over the summer will still get...
Exhibition Features International Excellence: Celebrating This Year’s ICTA EMEA Award Winners Rebecca Pahle • Nov 12th The movie theater industry is a global one, with theater operators able to gain insight and inspiration from the stories of their international brethren. To that end, Boxoffice PRO is proud to feature profiles of this year’s ICTA EMEA Award...
Exhibition Features Tasting Notes: Sommelier Jessica Bell Pairs Wine with Concession Stand Classics Boxoffice Staff • Nov 11th by Jesssica Bell Interested in wine at the movies? Boxoffice Pro asked Jessica Bell, sommelier and founder of HaloVino, to pair wine with some concession stand staples. Chocolate Raisins Zinfandel The zinfandel grape naturally “raisinates” a bit on the vine....
Exhibition Features The Perfect Pairing: Could Wine Emerge as One of Cinema’s Post-Pandemic F&B Trends? Boxoffice Staff • Nov 10th By Kevin Lally and Daniel Loria When Sideways opened in four theaters on October 22, 2004, no one expected the film to linger much beyond that year’s awards season. The movie did very well in its opening weekend, grossing a...
Exhibition Features A Flavorful Farewell: Daniel Borschke Says Goodbye to the National Association of Concessionaires Rebecca Pahle • Nov 9th “When I took this position, I remember telling someone: ‘They’re actually paying me to do this. I get to go to the movies and eat popcorn and candy. I would do it on my own!’” So began, in 2011, Daniel...
Exhibition Features Showcase Cinemas Brings Early Christmas Magic to the U.K. Boxoffice Staff • Nov 4th Showcase Cinemas kicked off the Christmas season early, Home Alone-style—bringing the Christmas classic to their locations for a special event on Sunday, October 25. Visitors to the 18 Showcase U.K. locations where Home Alone was screening—the only Showcase location to...
Exhibition Features Imax Touts Success in Asian Markets as U.S. Cinema Industry Slow to Bounce Back Rebecca Pahle • Nov 2nd In a quarterly earnings call held Thursday, October 29, Imax CEO Richard Gelfond cited a “resurgent Asian box office, particularly in China and Japan” as one of the factors making Imax “among the best positioned companies in the industry to...
Exhibition Features This Week on the Boxoffice Podcast: How Regional Film Festivals Are Adapting to Covid-19 Boxoffice Staff • Oct 29th Lela Meadow-Conner, executive director of the Film Festival Alliance (FFA), joins Rebecca Pahle and Russ Fischer on this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast. A non-profit organization designed to create a collaborative networking space for mission-driven film festivals around the...