Austin, Texas ( October 2, 2026 )
Alamo Drafthouse and A24 Collaborate on a Yearlong Merch and Movie Celebration
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is proud to announce the launch of A24 Cinema Club, a year-long partnership with the global entertainment company behind “Backrooms,” “Marty Supreme,” and last weekend’s release, “Primetime.” Kicking off this November with Ti West’s “…
Leawood, Kansas ( October 1, 2026 )
AMC Theatres Partners With Evite to Launch New Value-Priced Birthday Party Experience
AMC Theatres (NYSE: AMC) today announced the launch of an all-new birthday party booking experience, offering families and groups an enhanced movie theatre birthday celebration at a great value. With pricing that can provide savings of up to 25% when booking a private theatre rental event, the redes…
BURBANK, Calif. (October 1, 2026)
Washington D.C. & Los Angeles ( October 1, 2026 )
North American Theatre Owners Have Reinvested $2.7 Billion in Their Cinemas Over the Past Two Years
On the heels of a spectacular summer box office season, Cinema United issued today its updated Cinema Investment Report. It highlights the North American exhibition industry’s reinvestment into movie theatres, with $1.2 billion going towards upgrades and innovations this past year, pushing total rei…
Los Angeles ( September 30, 2026 )
Kevin Feige Honored as 2026 Pioneer of the Year
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation (WRMPPF) recognized Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, Chief Creative Officer of Marvel, and the architect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as its 2026 Pioneer of the Year. Jon Favreau presented Feige with the prestigious honor at the Foundation…
New York ( September 30, 2026 )
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Announce Anticipated Closing Date of Paramount Merger
Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) (“PSKY”) and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) (“WBD” or “Warner Bros. Discovery”) today announced that the merger (the “Merger”) contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of Febru…
Los Angeles ( September 30, 2026 )
Chairman and CEO David Ellison Announces Ynon Kreiz Co-CEO of the Anticipated Combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery at Closing to Help Build the Next-Generation Global Media Company
Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) (the “Company”) today disclosed that David Ellison has announced Ynon Kreiz as Co-CEO of the anticipated merged company, effective at closing. Kreiz, who will start at Paramount, effective October 5, 2026, joins Ellison from Mattel, a leading…
Los Angeles, CA (September 30, 2026)
Burbank, California ( September 30, 2026 )
CJ 4DPLEX and Cinemark Announce Expansion of 20 New SCREENX Locations Across the U.S. and Latin America
CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading producer of premium cinema formats and immersive theater experiences, and Cinemark, one of the world’s largest and most influential theatrical exhibition companies, today announced an agreement to add 20 new ScreenX auditoriums across Cinemark’s globa…
Oaks, Pennsylvania ( September 30, 2026 )
Oaks Center Cinema Creates the World’s First Samsung Onyx + D-BOX Motion Theatrical Experience
Oaks Center Cinema has created the world’s first theatrical auditorium to combine a cinema-scale Samsung Onyx LED display with immersive D-BOX motion seating, delivering an unprecedented combination of visual and physical immersion. The installation also marks the first Samsung Onyx theatrical exper…
Burbank, California (September 30, 2026)
Miami, Florida (September 30, 2026)
Buenos Aires, Argentina ( September 30, 2026 )
CinemaWest and Lumma Partner to Introduce an Innovative 4D E-Motion Concept in Idaho, Bringing the Action to the Lobby
CinemaWest has teamed up with Lumma to launch a 4D E-Motion experience in Idaho, extending immersive entertainment straight to the cinema lobby with upcoming Hollywood blockbusters. The unique auditorium build features glass window panes overlooking the 32-seat theatre from the lobby, so spectators…
Tallinn, Estonia (September 30, 2026)
WASHINGTON, D.C. and LOS ANGELES, CA ( September 29, 2026 )
Mitch Neuhauser to Step Down as Managing Director of CinemaCon Following 2028 Show
Cinema United, the world’s largest trade association representing global exhibition, announced today that Mitch Neuhauser will retire following CinemaCon 2028. Neuhauser has overseen the growth and development of exhibition’s premier annual event, CinemaCon, since 2009. Under his leadership, the sho…
Los Angeles ( September 29, 2026 )
Margot Robbie and Jason Blum Join Cinema United’s Filmmaker Leadership Council
Cinema United, the world’s largest exhibition trade association representing more than 63,000 movie screens worldwide, announced today that acclaimed filmmakers and Oscar nominees Margot Robbie and Jason Blum have joined the Filmmaker Leadership Council, a strategic group of world-class producers an…
Los Angeles ( September 29, 2026 )
PaperAirplane Media’s The Hanger Surpasses 2 Million Digital Asset Downloads, Cementing Position as Theatrical Industry’s Leading Marketing Resource
As 2026’s resurgence of moviegoing continues, PaperAirplane Media announced today that The Hangar, the company’s proprietary Digital Asset Management platform for theatrical exhibition, has surpassed two million downloads of studio-provided digital marketing assets, marking a major milestone f…
Budapest, Hungary ( September 29, 2026 )
Lurdy Cinema’s Samsung Onyx LED Auditorium Opens
The cinema experience of the future became available to the Hungarian audience in September. The Samsung Onyx LED cinema, which uses projector-free technology and was born as a result of the cooperation between Pannonia Movie Kft., Lurdy Ház, Digital Cinema International and Samsung, sets a new stan…
WASHINGTON, D.C. & LOS ANGELES ( September 29, 2026 )
Cinema United Announces Important Leadership Promotions to Strengthen Advocacy, Industry Partnerships and Global Impact
Cinema United, the world’s largest trade association representing global exhibition, announced today two important leadership promotions. Amanda Martin will assume the newly created role of Senior Vice President, External Affairs, and Erin Von Hoetzendorff will be promoted to Vice President, Members…
Amsterdam / Utrecht ( September 29, 2026 )
Netherlands Film Festival Extends Opening-night Premiere to TheAnyThing Private Cinemas
The opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF), the leading annual festival celebrating Dutch film, premiered simultaneously in private cinemas for the first time on Friday, September 25. Alongside the festival’s official premiere of “Downtown” at Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, the fi…
