There are plenty of places where the cinema industry gathers to discuss its future. Few offer quite the setting of Zurich, where movie premieres, industry executives, historic theatres and passing trams all share the same city streets. This week, we’re handing the Marquee editorial over to Cel…

If theatrical exhibition and distribution had their own version of Oscar night, the Pioneer of the Year dinner would be a pretty good candidate. If you were to walk into the Beverly Hilton on 30 September for the event the comparison makes sense. Executives from most of North America’s major cinema…

The biggest movie in the world last weekend came out seven years ago. “Avengers: Endgame Encore,” a re-release of Marvel Studios’ 2019 blockbuster, earned USD $86 million globally, including USD $26 million in North America. That was enough to make it the No. 1 movie worldwide and give it the second…

If this week’s settlement over Paramount’s USD $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has made one thing clear, it is how difficult it has become to know what we’re supposed to believe. That is hardly a problem confined to Hollywood. Across politics and business, institutions ask us to a…

I spent a good part of last week wading through press releases telling me what an extraordinary summer the movie business just had. Record summer box office. Record August. Record premium-format revenue. Record concession sales. Best attendance since 2019. Highest-grossing summer in company history.…