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Disney’s Alleged Extortion Revealed By Industry Analyst

Lyndon Hall | May 11, 2022 | 1

Disney has allegedly been extorting cinema chains to maximize viewership and profitability of their new releases, according to a Variety article. In the article, box office analyst Jeff Bock says Disney doesn’t negotiate. Instead, they dictate to theaters terms for how often one of their movie...

Batgirl May Hit Theaters After All

AlexGherzo | Apr 26, 2022 | 0

The reports of the movie theater’s demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated. When the theaters were closed during the ridiculous (and seemingly interminable) lockdowns, Warner Bros. decided to release its movies directly to HBO Max throughout 2021 alongside their theatrical releases. As the ...

Shang-Chi Actor Simu Liu Plays The Race Card Against Disney

Lyndon Hall | Aug 15, 2021 | 0

Marvel’s latest diverse lead actor, Simu Liu, has lashed out at Disney CEO Bob Chapek for calling Shang-Chi an “experiment.” Liu posted on Twitter, “We are not an experiment. We are the underdog; the underestimated. We are the ceiling-breakers. We are the celebration of cultu...

Fathom Events Screening Three Horror Classics This October

AlexGherzo | Aug 14, 2021 | 0

People will want to spend this Halloween season at the movies. Fathom Events is celebrating a few spooky cinematic milestones by screening a trio of horror classics during October. First up is Sam Raimi’s mega-low-budget ghost-zombie-demon chiller The Evil Dead on October 7 for its 40th anniversar...

AMC Reaches Theatrical Release Agreement with WB

AlexGherzo | Aug 10, 2021 | 0

The worst may be over for the movie theater industry. Variety reports that AMC Theaters has reached a deal with Warner Bros. to shorten its theatrical window to 45 days starting in 2022. This will coincide with a moratorium on WB movies streaming on HBO Max alongside their theater debuts. A similar ...

The Chinese Box Office Delusion

Spike | Jun 1, 2021 | 6

Billions of potential Chinese moviegoers, billions of dollars to be made… Sounds like a winning combination, right? A no-brainer. Maybe that’s been the problem; it appears no brains have been used to study the implications of pursuing the Chinese box office. Hollywood has always assumed it’s j...