Focus Features and Regal to Offer Free Screenings of Harriet

In celebration of Black History Month, Focus Features and Regal have partnered to offer free screenings of Harriet in 50 theatres around the United States on Tuesday, February 4, and Tuesday, February 11. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, the film depicts the life of African American freedom fighter Harriet Tubman, bringing her story to the big screen for the very first time. For her work in the titular role of Harriet, Cynthia Erivo has been nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Actress and Best Original Song for “Stand Up,” which she co-wrote with Joshuah Brian Campbell.  Moviegoers can get free tickets through Gofobo here. Free screenings will be offered at these locations: Regal New Roc 4DX, IMAX & RPX New York Regal Galleria Mall New York Regal Edwards Long Beach & IMAX Los Angeles Regal Edwards Aliso Viejo & IMAX Los Angeles Regal Cantera...

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Santikos Announces Eleventh Location

PRESS RELEASE San Antonio, TX (January 31, 2020) – Santikos Enterprises is pulling back the curtain and has announced their next location for a state-of-the-art theater and entertainment center on Bulverde Rd and 1604. With the recent announcement surrounding Santikos’ Leon Springs location, this Bulverde road facility is sure to expand and further cement Santikos’ presence here in San Antonio. Santikos is best known for taking films, food, and fun and amplifying the experience with state-of-the-art amenities, world-class service, and friendly faces. This new location will be no exception and is planned to be a 50,000 square foot building filled with 10-12 auditoriums, the notable AVX viewing experience, a well-stocked bar and an arcade. “The announcement of an 11th location is extremely exciting for us,” stated Tim Handren,...

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Long Range Box Office Tracking: Disney’s Mulan

Our look ahead into March and the end of 2020’s first quarter concludes with preliminary tracking and forecasts for Disney’s next live action adaptation. Mulan Opening Weekend Range: $40 – 60 million PROS: Second to no one, Disney has all but mastered the ability to capitalize on existing IP and nostalgia. In recent years, they’ve sent remakes of The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Jungle Book, Maleficent, and Cinderella to varying degrees of big box office success. As audiences and the industry embrace diversity on the big screen, the appeal of a large scale, English language film starring a predominately Asian cast could attract a strong turnout from Asian-American communities and families. Opening three weeks after Pixar’s Onward, there should be enough of a gap to prevent significant competition — especially given the former’s lean toward young male...

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Weekend Box Office Report: Gretel & Hansel ($475K) and The Rhythm Section ($235K) Off to Lukewarm Starts

Friday Update: Following our weekend forecast earlier in the week, today’s new releases are off to expectedly modest starts entering Super Bowl weekend in North America. UAR’s Gretel & Hansel pulled a reported $475K from shows beginning at 7pm in 2,500 locations last night. That’s just a few ticks above The Turning last week ($425K) and below Underwater $(500K) earlier this month. Those fellow genre films posted overall opening weekends of $6.95 million and $7.01 million, respectively. Meanwhile, Paramount’s The Rhythm Section posted an estimate of $235K last night, also from shows starting at 7pm in over 2,200 locations. That’s just over one-third of what Miss Bala ($650K) earned in its Thursday night debut before the Super Bowl last year, a pic which ultimately bowed to $6.86 million for its first weekend. Both Thursday night figures remain unconfirmed by their...

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Film Forum Receives $1 Million 50th Anniversary Gift from King Family Foundation

Karen Cooper, director of New York City’s Film Forum since 1972, announced more than one million dollars in gifts to commemorate the theater’s 50th anniversary this year. The anniversary is being celebrated with a $1 million gift from the Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation in memory of the Foundation’s founder and longtime chair and president, Diana King. Her father, Charles King, was founder of King World Productions, a leading distributor of syndicated television programming (“Wheel of Fortune,” “Jeopardy,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show”). Diana King, who passed away in January 2019, established the Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation in 1988. For the next 30 years, the Foundation has supported a panoply of undergraduate and graduate scholarship programs for students in film, television, and other media. Film Forum has received funding from the Foundation...

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Weekend Box Office Forecast: Bad Boys for Life Eyes 3rd #1 Finish; The Rhythm Section and Gretel & Hansel Debut on Super Bowl Weekend

Another January ends, which means another Super Bowl is upon us and moviegoing will see a significant slowdown in North America as folks prepare to watch the big game on Sunday. Thankfully, January has already provided two breakouts in the form of Bad Boys for Life and 1917‘s wide expansion, both of which will continue anchoring the market (the former shooting for its third straight #1 finish). Dolittle will also lend some weight with a likely top three finish amid no fresh competition for family viewers. Daring to enter wide release this weekend, Paramount’s The Rhythm Section will hope to bring out Blake Lively fans (not to mention fans of Mark Burnell’s source novels). Unfortunately, pre-release tracking metrics have stalled in recent days after showing signs of potentially cracking a $10 million+ debut similar to the likes of Peppermint and Red Sparrow. Our most current...

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Comscore Chief Privacy Officer Veronica Torres Appointed to International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Advisory Board

PRESS RELEASE Comscore announces today that chief privacy officer Veronica Torres has been appointed to the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Women Leading Privacy Advisory Board. In her new role, Torres will help advance women operating in the privacy field by advising on best practices and supporting the IAPP’s mission to provide a comprehensive body of resources, knowledge, and experts.   “The privacy landscape is rapidly evolving, and new regulations have placed a greater emphasis on privacy than ever before. We have been fortunate to benefit from Veronica’s strong leadership and vision to drive Comscore’s rigorous data privacy practices,” said Carol DiBattiste, chief legal & compliance officer, Comscore. “Veronica has played an indispensable role articulating Comscore’s privacy framework,...

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Weekend Box Office Results: Bad Boys For Life, The Gentlemen, The Turning

Sony’s Bad Boys For Life claimed the box office crown again with $34.0M, declining only -45.6%, a better hold than -52.6% for predecessor Bad Boys II. It’s also a better hold than for other recent mid-January releases such as Glass with -53.1%, Ride Along with -48.6%, and Ride Along 2 with -64.6%. And it’s also a far better hold than several other comedy action sequels or reboots in the past year, such as Shaft with -60.4%, Charlie’s Angels with -61.2%, and Men in Black: International with -64.3%. Universal’s 1917, hold onto second place while declining only -28.1% in its third wide weekend. Compared to other January war movies in their third wide weekends, that’s a better hold than Lone Survivor with -41.5%, Zero Dark Thirty with -38.5%, American Sniper with -52.5%.  After its disappointing debut last weekend, especially relative to its huge...

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Studio Weekend Box Office Report: Bad Boys for Life, 1917, The Gentlemen, The Turning

Following Bad Boys for Life’s impressive $73 million four-day debut over the MLK weekend — a result that helped contribute to a five percent rise in the year-over-year box office to date — the Sony threequel remained at the top of the heap this weekend with an estimated $34 million, while wide-release newcomers The Gentlemen and The Turning opened to mixed results and 1917 continued on a strong trajectory that saw it surpass the $100 million mark in North America. Enjoying its second weekend at No. 1, Sony’s Bad Boys for Life dipped 46% from its debut, a strong hold that brought the total for the action-comedy to $120.6 million after ten days of release. Not adjusting for inflation, that puts it 27% ahead of 2003’s Bad Boys II at the same point in its run. Second place went to Universal’s WWI drama 1917, which dipped to No. 3 in its third weekend of wide release with...

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Georgia Theatre Company Becomes Employee-Owned Circuit

Georgia Theatre Company, a fourth-generation, family-owned theater circuit based in St. Simons Island, Georgia, has completed a sale of 100% of its stock to the Georgia Theatre Company Employee Stock Ownership Trust (ESOT). The original company founded in the mid-1920s has roots operating theatres in Glynn County and approximately 20 other communities in Georgia for nearly 100 years. Over the past three decades, founder and chairman William (Bill) J. Stembler has grown this latest company from just a few locations with about $5 million in annual revenue to 25 locations with revenue surpassing $75 million annually and a team of approximately 700 employees. “Our employees are the foundation of Georgia Theatre Company,” said Stembler. “By transitioning to an employee-owned company, we are empowering them to play an integral role in the company’s future. My family and I are...

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Long Range Box Office Tracking: A Quiet Place Part II

Despite a slew of horror / thriller releases opening early in 2020, including one potentially standout example in February (The Invisible Man), late March is slated to deliver what will likely be the year’s first bona fide genre event when A Quiet Place Part II opens on Friday, March 20. We’ve also updated tracking for a number of upcoming titles in the chart below, most notably Sonic the Hedgehog. A Quiet Place Part II Opening Weekend Range: $60 – 80 million PROS: The first film was a runaway success for Paramount two years ago after an intense and effective marketing campaign helped generate excitement for the original property, delivering a $50.2 million domestic opening weekend — the highest ever for an original film in April. The original’s ability to build on that strong opening with a 3.75x multiplier proved it wasn’t front-loaded and that audiences were incredibly...

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After Parkland Documentary to Screen in Over 100 Cities During ‘Day of Conversation’

Kino Lorber announced that Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman’s documentary After Parkland will screen in over 100 cities across the U.S. on February 12 as part of a nationwide “Day of Conversation” to commemorate the second anniversary of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.  Led by social impact agency Picture Motion, a coalition of individuals and organizations have signed on to host Demand Film community screenings to create conversation that will lead to tangible change in 2020, including a voter registration drive powered by TurboVote. Participants include national and local chapters of March for Our Lives, Moms Demand Action, Young Democrats, Alliance for Youth Action, Gays Against Guns, and the League of Women Voters More information about the film and a list of the cities and screenings may be found at https://us.demand.film/after-parkland/ To...

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Weekend Box Office Report: The Gentlemen Scores $725K, The Turning Earns $425K Thursday Night

Friday Report: STX and Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen got off to a solid start with $725K from last night’s opening shows at 1,885 locations domestically, setting the stage for a healthy debut weekend. The R-rated crime comedy registered ahead of last year’s Cold Pursuit ($540K) and just behind The Foreigner‘s $775K back in autumn 2017. Meanwhile, Universal’s The Turning earned $425K from its 7pm start at 2,220 locations last night. That figure comes in just south of Underwater ($500K) earlier this month and slightly better than The Prodigy ($350K) one year ago. As covered in our earlier forecast for the weekend, Bad Boys for Life will easily retain the top spot again this weekend after its second-best-ever MLK opening one frame ago. Holdovers 1917 and Dolittle should fill out the top three ahead of this weekend’s wide openers, though The Gentlemen could be a dark horse...

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Artists Den Entertainment & CineLife Entertainment ® Partner on Live from The Artists Den cinema series

New York, NY, January 22, 2020 – CineLife Entertainment, a division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, today announced that it has signed a partnership with Artists Den Entertainment to host its Emmy nominated television music series, Live from the Artists Den, as an in-cinema feature this year. The series will be a selection of shows from the brand’s extensive catalogue and a mix of new seasons for the series. This partnership further expands Artists Den’s global reach and provides music content to CineLife Entertainment, Spotlight Cinema Networks’ newest event cinema division. Audience members are randomly selected through ticket sweepstakes for live Artists Den shows, available exclusively via the Artists Den mailing list. Unlike other televised music series, Live from the Artists Den breaks away from the confines of a conventional studio set by unveiling new, unexpected...

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Multicines Opens the First 4K RGB Laser Cinema in Ecuador with Christie

Ecuador’s first cinema equipped with 4K RGB laser projection has opened in the Condado de Quito shopping mall. The integrator CES+ (Cinema Equipment & Supplies) recently installed a Christie CP4330-RGB projector with RealLaser™ illumination in the MCX Multicines Xtreme theater. The new theater, part of the Multicines exhibition chain, has 257 premium seats, a 15-meter screen and Dolby Atmos sound. “With this new theater we wanted to replicate the quality of image and sound that film directors and producers aspire to convey in their movies,” said Gonzalo López, general manager of Multicines. “The fact we have introduced the first 4K RGB laser cinema theater in Ecuador reinforces our reputation as leaders in technological innovation, which is part and parcel of Multicines’ DNA.” López added, “We wanted to offer our customers the highest standards of quality in brightness,...

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Weekend Box Office Forecast: Bad Boys for Life to Lead Again as The Gentlemen and The Turning Debut

The calm after the holiday storm will begin to set in this weekend, but there’s still good news for a box office market that’s currently up 5 percent year-to-date versus last year thanks in large part to breakout weekends from Bad Boys for Life and 1917 over the past two frames. This weekend, two wide openers and one moderate release enter the fray. STX and director Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen will aim to rally fans of the director with his return to the hard-R, adult-driven crime comedy that shaped his early career with films like Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. The film has already earned $18.4 million overseas (including $10.4 million in the United Kingdom and $7.2 million in Australia), a healthy start for a film that only cost the studio $7 million to distribute. We expect The Gentlemen will cater strictly to an older male audience, and while it...

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Parasite to Screen at Los Angeles’ Ace Hotel with Live Score

PRESS RELEASE Neon is proud to present Bong Joon Ho’s six-time Oscar nominated film Parasite to audiences in a one of a kind experience on Sunday, January 26th at The Theater at the Ace Hotel. Parasite‘s composer, Jung Jaeil, will conduct the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra as they play the film’s score alongside a screening. Bong Joon Ho will introduce the film, which most became the first foreign language film to collect the SAG ensemble honor. PARASITE recently expanded to over 800 theaters, bringing in an additional $2.2 million. It’s U.S. cumulative box office is over 28mm.  Information about the Live Score Event and for ticketing information can be found here. The post <em>Parasite</em> to Screen at Los Angeles’ Ace Hotel with Live Score appeared first on Boxoffice. from Boxoffi...

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Arts Alliance Media Supports Sundance Film Festival for Fourth Consecutive Year

PRESS RELEASE Arts Alliance Media will provide their Screenwriter Theatre Management System (TMS) and software support to the Sundance Film Festival for the fourth consecutive year. Sundance Institute will use AAM’s Screenwriter TMS at six 2020 Sundance Film Festival screening locations across Park City, Salt Lake City and the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah, from January 23 to February 2, 2020. “We really enjoy working with AAM and their Technical team. They are amazing partners and work seamlessly with us on our out of the box usage of their software. By pointing all our theatres to one central LMS which can efficiently push content to our venues, we now have the ability to save time, money, and take cars off of the road,” noted Holden Payne, Technical Director of Exhibition and Production at Sundance Institute. The Sundance Film Festival selects...

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Expanded Nordic Oscar Weekend Celebrates its Hollywood Talent

PRESS RELEASE Los Angeles, 22 January 2020 – Celebrating its fifth year in LA, the Nordic Oscar Weekend (NOW) is where Europe’s ‘coolest’ creative talent meets Hollywood. This year the event will span three days of panels, conferences, awards, and celebrations in the first week of February (6th to 8th), that will highlight the outsize influence that the region’s actors, directors, and other creative industry professionals have in the global film capital. Rebranding from ‘Norwegian’ to Nordic Oscar Weekend, NOW is the learning and networking opportunity for the best talent of today and tomorrow. NOW 2020 follows a great year for Nordic talent that saw such achievements as Alexander Skarsgårds blockbuster Pennywise clown in IT: Chapter 2; the combined directing and acting talent of HBO’s Chernobyl and the Academy Award-nominated score for Joker by Hildur Guðnadótti – which...

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