AMC Theatres has hired Fandango veteran Stephanie Terifay to be its vice president, distribution, a newly created position. AMC started a distribution business following the success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour tour and Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé.
Showcase Cinemas UK is giving Eurovision fans something to sing and shout about this May, by screening the Grand Final live on its big screens
Trafalgar Releasing and Hybe have announced the record-setting success of the cinematic cut of Suga Agust D Tour D-Day the Movie. Inclusive of the screenings on April 10 through April 14, the concert film has grossed a total of $10.16 million worldwide from limited showtimes. This gross gives Agust D, aka Suga of 21st century pop icons BTS, the highest grossing U.S. and worldwide concert film of 2024 as well as the highest grossing cinema event ever from a K-pop solo artist.
With a special, one night only global theatrical experience Pearl Jam fans will be among the very first to hear the band's new record Dark Matter on April 16 in select cinemas around the world when Abramorama presents Dark Matter in The Dark. And fans at the global cinema event will hear Dark Matter in its entirety twice before it’s available anywhere.
With the addition of 13 new exhibitor partners, MetaMedia, which says it is the world’s first cloud-based platform for delivering movies, live events, targeted advertising, and other premium content to cinemas, now features 30 exhibitor partners across nearly 800 cinema locations, including cinemas from four of the top five largest U.S. cinema chains. In recent weeks, the MetaMedia platform has also securely, efficiently, and cost-effectively delivered more than 500 feature films to cinemas from major and independent studios as well as numerous live content events.
PVR Inox, in collaboration with Isha, is bringing the 30th year of Mahashivratri celebrations to the big screen, for the very first time. The overnight mega event will be screened on March 8 from 6:00 p.m. onwards till the permissible cinema operating hours, live from the Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore.
Quiver Distribution and Fathom Events are releasing Irena’s Vow exclusively in theatres nationwide April 15 and 16. The film tells the incredible true story of Irene Gut Opdyke a Polish Catholic nurse who through extraordinary courage risked her life to help hide 12 Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany during WWII.
This March and April, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s Time Capsules retrospective journeys back to the Gen X-iverse of 1994 with more than thirty films returning to the big screen, including culturally redefining features like Pulp Fiction, Chungking Express, and Clerks as well as landmarks like The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump and Interview with the Vampire. Beginning with the 1994 series, Alamo Drafthouse is also introducing a new collection of collectible pint glasses, as well as a special menu with items inspired by the films of 1994.
Trafalgar Releasing, Gimme Sugar Productions, and Submarine Entertainment announced plans today to bring Hate to Love: Nickelback, a feature-length documentary film about one of Canada’s most iconic and globally celebrated rock bands, to cinemas worldwide for two nights only on March 27 and March 30. The feature-length documentary will be distributed to more than 1350 locations across 30 countries.
The Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition has announced that 2023 was its highest performing year ever with 410,000 feature and event files, representing nearly 100 million gigabytes of data delivered to in-network theaters. The company said this volume far exceeds pre-pandemic levels from 2019 and more than made up for the reduced number of wide releases by increasing delivery of independent film releases by 87 percent.
