Film Industry Pulse

• On-screen clues: J.I.M. appears in a red costume from the comics, and was reportedly built around 1939. He was shown at the 1943 Stark Expo in...

AMC's numbers look like a real turnaround. Revenue jumped 32% to $1.7 billion, with record revenue and adjusted EBITDA in back-to-back quarters. But...

Vista Intelligence, as its team describes it, aims to turn circuit data into predictions and recommendations across marketing, programming, operations...

The future of Mutant Mayhem may depend on its sequel. The 2023 film earned the franchise's best reviews, with a near-perfect 95% RT score, and a...

Theater attendance fell sharply after the pandemic, and some have predicted cinemas' extinction, but Generation Z is pushing for a resurgence. Many...

Theatrically, Papa Zola The Movie shattered box office records in Southeast Asia. In Malaysia alone, it became the highest-grossing animated film...

Henry Jaglom, an actor by training, pursued the messiness of the human condition across 22 character-driven films. He self-distributed much of his...

Provo-based InTension Industries, focused on indie and genre fare, is running a privately funded contest for genre shorts.

• The prize: The winner's...

The article argues that indie cinema's future may depend less on who gets into Sundance and more on whether audiences seek out films that don't.

The...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed raising California's film and TV tax credit from $750 million to at least $1 billion, which would make it the nation's...

The countdown is on for Ace Hoyts Morley, set to open before the end of the year. It is a joint venture between Hoyts and local favourite Ace Cinemas,...

Two exhibitors, two versions of recovery.

• Supply rising: Cinemark's CEO expects the 2027 slate to bring more releases than 2026, but says box...

The cultural story is vivid. After lockdowns and years of declining interest forced historic cinemas to shut, a new generation is using social media...

The latest trailer puts family front and center, with Red as a bewildered father saving the world, and he tells his crew, "Let's save the world as a...

Resident Evil hit No. 1 on iTunes' Top Movies chart after its November 3 digital release. The article frames this as a second commercial window...

The author's argument rests mainly on content metrics, and he admits a rival explanation.

• Costs per viewing hour rose: Spending per million hours...

Wildwood topped the North American box office on Tuesday with $2M, edging out "Clayface" at $1.9M. A slight bump from the previous Tuesday almost...

Nicolas Cage is back as arms dealer Yuri Orlov, 22 years after the 2005 original. Andrew Niccol returns as writer-director, but this time the title is...

Netflix is now formally reporting box-office figures. Its WWII film The Mosquito Bowl grossed $455,000 in its debut from roughly 350 theaters, while...

Five independent cinemas have been shortlisted for the BIFA Cinema of the Year award, and nearly 50,000 people voted for their favourites.

The...