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Movie theater owners fearful of minimum wage increase

Congress is in the midst of pushing a new COVID-19 stimulus package and part of that package includes a federal minimum wage increase. The minimum wage has remained at $7.25 since 2009, depending on your state, and movie theater owners...

Posted 5 years ago

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Wonder Woman 1984 HBO Max/theatrical release fully supported by AMC

Posted 6 years ago

Warner Bros. made big news yesterday when they announced that WONDER WOMAN 1984 would hit theaters on Christmas Day, at locations that have been allowed to reopen, and HBO MAX, for streaming. This isn't the death blow that exhibitors were...

AMC will have 70% of their locations open for Tenet this weekend

Posted 6 years ago

AMC will have about 420 of their 600 locations open this weekend and it's perfect timing because TENET is set to go wide in the U.S. in markets that have allowed their theaters to reopen. It's a sizable amount, even...

This is not a typo: AMC Theatres to charge 15 cents a ticket on opening day

Posted 6 years ago

AMC Theatres has had its doors shuttered since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it caused the chain to go through a financially traumatic period that almost threatened to close its doors permanently. So how does AMC plan to...

Cinemark joins Regal in not supporting AMC/Universal film window deal

Posted 6 years ago

It looks like AMC Theatres is going to be alone in its deal with Universal Pictures in reducing the theatrical to PVOD window to a mere 17 days. After Regal recently denounced the deal as "bad business", Cinemark has now...

Cineworld thinks new Universal/AMC Theatre deal is bad for business

Posted 6 years ago

Universal Pictures and AMC Theatres may have made a new historic pact to shrink the theatrical window down to a mere 17 days but don't expect Cineworld to follow suit. Cineworld, which owns Regal Cinemas, won't be following in the...

NATO Chief believes movies should release in theaters despite the pandemic

Posted 6 years ago

The head of the National Theatre Owners Association, John Fithian, declares that theaters need to stay open and he believes that studios delaying films in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is not helping matters. Movie theaters initially closed their...

Cinemark shifts re-opening to end of July & changes its stance on face masks

Posted 6 years ago

Now the trifecta is complete! Following the moves of AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas, Cinemark becomes the last of the big three movie theater chains to move its re-opening date to the end of the month due to studios shifting tentpole...

UPDATE- AMC will now require face masks from customers

Posted 6 years ago

UPDATE: According to THR, AMC has reversed course and will in fact be requiring customers to wear face masks when they reopen next month. According to a press release issued by the company: "This announcement prompted an intense and immediate...

U.S. box office expected to dive 50% in 2020 amid theater closures

Posted 6 years ago

In stats that should be surprising to no one in the wake of theater closures nationwide, the U.S. box office is expected to take a significant plunge in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Movie theaters have been closed since...

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