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Theatrical Windows Are Stretching Again — and Hollywood’s C-Suite Wants Them Longer Still

Average first TVOD windows rose in 2025, Disney again led the majors with a 61.6-day average, and early 2026 releases point toward a stronger 45-day baseline. After several years in which theatrical windows seemed to be shrinking by the quarter, the North American market may finally be settling into…

CinemaCon 2026 - David Ellison of Paramount Skydance, Michael O'Leary of Cinema United and Charles Rivkin of the Motion Picture Association

CinemaCon 2026: A Merger Splits the House

CinemaCon has always been a place where the industry gathers to reassure itself. That was true again this year inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, where the annual State of the Industry presentations delivered a familiar message: theatrical is resilient, culturally vital, and firmly back on trac…

The Met Learns About Theatrical Windows

There has been a lot of hoopla in the media of late about the success various opera companies have had beaming high definition simulcasts of their performances into cinemas. New York’s Metropolitan Opera can be credited with starting this trend in alternative content back in 2006 when they tea…