Theater Owners Warn of ‘Catastrophic’ Collapse over Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger
Cinema United, formerly the National Association of Theater Owners, has warned of a coming collapse if the Netflix-WB merger deal finalizes.

Cinema United, formerly the National Association of Theater Owners, has warned of a coming collapse if the Netflix-WB merger deal finalizes.

A survey of 246 “cinema owners and film professionals affiliated with exhibitors” found that more than half believe the “traditional cinema experience” will be dead as a viable business model within 20 years.

With the upcoming release of Wicked, the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, moviegoers have reported disruptions from fans, a.k.a. “theater kids,” singing along to the soundtrack at screenings.

Moviegoers fled a Seattle theater Friday night after a man with a handgun allegedly threatened to “shoot everyone.”

An “unprovoked” stabbing spree was carried out by a man donning a wig in Massachusetts, leaving four minor girls and two adults wounded.

A man allegedly attacked a 63-year-old man at a movie theater in Broward County, Florida, during an argument over seating.

Between 2018 and 2022, movie theater attendance dropped in half, and I do not want to hear any excuses about the pandemic.

Cinemas around the country are reportedly fearing an imminent shortage of popcorn and other concession stand staples, including popcorn bags and beverage cups, as the supply chain failures of the Biden administration threaten to upend what theaters were hoping would be a mass return to moviegoing this summer.

Nearly half of all U.S. moviegoers are no longer going to cinemas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, signaling a longer-than-expected road to recovery for the exhibition industry. A new study shows that many Americans are still too scared of the coronavirus to step foot in a movie theater, while other factors like pricing continue to keep people away.

Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino Tarantino says that in post-COVID America, some movie theaters deserve to “fucking go.”

Godzilla vs. Kong is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third weekend, earning an additional $7.7 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

Theater owners also haven’t done themselves any favors with us, the customers. How many times have you had your movie-going experience ruined by talkers, by some jerk who keeps lighting up his phone, and all the other annoyances that break the spell?

Same Democrats who are super-chummy with Hollywood and the multinationals deliberately are killing theater owners for no valid reason. Am I the only one who smells a rat?

“John Fithian, head of the National Association of Theatre Owners, believes that the main stumbling block preventing movie theaters from rebounding is Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to keep cinemas closed indefinitely.”

An overwhelming majority of Americans have expressed discomfort in the prospect of going to a movie theater amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Morning Consult survey released Friday found.

Hollywood thinks we’re going to sit through a two-and-a-half hour movie wearing a mask. Are they insane?

A drive-in movie theater in McHenry, Illinois, received the go-ahead Sunday to open for business after it was labeled nonessential during the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW YORK — Faced with a lengthy shutdown due the coronavirus pandemic, movie theaters are requesting relief from the U.S. government.
