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What We Learned at CinemaCon 2025

What We Learned at CinemaCon 2025

With CinemaCon 2025 in the rearview mirror, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the major takeaways from this year’s conference. Amid all the sprinting to trade show meetings and escalator surfing inside Caesars Palace, did we actually learn anything about the current state of the…

The Cinema Foundation's Jackie Brenneman Discusses 2023 National Cinema Day

Cinema Foundation’s Jackie Brenneman Discusses 2023 National Cinema Day

Even after the first ever National Cinema Day attracted over 8.1 million moviegoers throughout North America on 3 September of last year, it was not a foregone conclusion that the initiative would become an annual event. However, the lingering question about the future of National Cinema Day was ans…

Kathy Conroy - National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

TWIC 2021: Kathy Conroy – Vice President and COO, National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. The devastating impact of COVID-19 on the exhibition community was deeply felt by the NATO staff, and it changed how we work and how we interact with members. Most of NATO’s efforts during the pandemic have, of course, be…

Jackie Brenneman

TWIC 2021: Jackie Brenneman – General Counsel & Director of Industry Relations at National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How did your role, position and responsibilities change (if at all) during the pandemic? Can you tell us a little bit about what your days were like and what you were doing over the past year? Advocating for movie theater…

CinemaCon Auditorium at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas

CinemaCon Secures Major Studio Participation for 2021 Conference

As the cinema industry in various parts of the world slowly stirs to life after more than year of COVID closures, one persistent question has been asked over the past few months at every virtual event; will a postponed CinemaCon actually take place in Las Vegas in August, or like last year, will its…

The AMC Empire 25 in New York City

Movie Theatres Schedule Dates For Reopening and Pandemic Recovery

There are finally some signs of hope for movie theatre owners who have been in various forms of forced hibernation for the past year due to the global coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 infection rates are declining, vaccination rates increasing and now cinemas in England, Quebec and New York City are s…

Cinema Tickets

Seeing the Good and the Bad in Third Quarter Movie Ticket Prices

The price of movie tickets during the third quarter fell by 2.5%in North America from the second quarter of this year and that’s either positive news, or negative news, depending on the way industry trade outlets chose to spin it. On Tuesday, the National Association of Theatre Owners announced that…

D-Cinema Frustrations Aired At NAB

Despite the slew of news stories coming out of the Digital Cinema Summit at the NAB Show this past weekend there was little new to report regarding technological advances and nascent business deals. In fact, the if the only real news that seemed to come out of the summit was the frustration over the…

Upscale Theatres In The Works For Inner-City

Maya Cinemas and Chicago real estate developer Urban Retail Properties have announced a joint venture to bring high-end, first-class multiplexes to inner-city Latino neighborhoods. The Los Angeles Times is reporting the two companies plan on building 500 screens in 40 locations in North America over…