From the Magazine News Stories Exhibition Features Geneva Convention 2023 Ben Marcus Humanitarian Award: Andrew Cretors, C. Cretors and Company President Rebecca Pahle • Sep 27th Nothing goes together like popcorn and the movies. Thanks to C. Cretors and Company, the two have been linked from the very beginning, when moviegoers could buy popcorn not in the theater but outside it, from mobile trucks and food... Exhibition Features Geneva Convention 2023 Vendor of the Year: J&J Snack Foods Rebecca Pahle • Sep 27th When people go to the movies, they like to splurge–whether it’s on a premium format screening or a giant tub of popcorn. On the concessions side, many of cinemagoers’ favorite sweet and salty treats come from J&J Snack Foods, Vendor... Exhibition Features Geneva Convention 2023 Innovator of the Year: PaperAirplane Co-Founders Mike Polydoros and Will Preuss Daniel Loria • Sep 26th Founded by two veteran exhibitor relations executives, Mike Polydoros and Will Preuss, PaperAirplane has become an essential resource for exhibitors since the company’s founding in 2020. Honored as the Innovator of the Year at this year’s Geneva Convention, Boxoffice Pro... Exhibition Features Independents Rising: How the Barstow Family Brought ACX Cinemas to Life Rebecca Pahle • Sep 25th It all started with a newspaper ad. The year was 1988, and Bill and Colleen Barstow were living in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, her working in a small local bank and him on active military service, serving as a weather forecaster for... Exhibition Features BARBIE’s Billion Dollar Summer: A Look Back at 2023’s Summer Movie Season Daniel Loria • Sep 21st Jeff Goldstein, executive vice president of domestic theatrical distribution at Warner Bros., was effusive when he returned my call on Sunday, July 23. Warner Bros.’ Barbie had just opened alongside Universal’s Oppenheimer to a combined $244.4 million. Bolstered by a... Exhibition Features Get Rich or Die Laughing: DUMB MONEY Director Craig Gillespie Brings the GameStop Meme Stock Saga to the Big Screen Daniel Loria • Sep 14th The “meme stock phenomenon” shook the financial world during the pandemic, propelling a devoted group of online retail investors into a crusade against some of Wall Street’s biggest players. This modern-day David and Goliath saga is the backdrop of Sony’s... Exhibition Features Going for Growth: Santikos Theaters’ Tim Handren on the Circuit’s Massive Expansion Rebecca Pahle • Sep 7th In Q1 of 2024, when Boxoffice Pro publishes its annual Giants of Exhibition ranking of the top 50 chains in North America by screen count, the top 10 will look a little different. Following two years in which the 10... Exhibition Features American Ronin: Director Antoine Fuqua Teams Up with Denzel Washington for THE EQUALIZER 3 Daniel Loria • Aug 31st There are times when the chemistry between an actor and a director is undeniable. It was immediately apparent in Training Day (2001), the first collaboration between Denzel Washington and filmmaker Antoine Fuqua. The actor’s performance, in a film that couldn’t... Exhibition Features The Texas Restaurant Association’s Kelsey Erickson Streufert Says Cinemas Can Learn from Restaurants’ Pandemic Recovery Daniel Loria • Aug 29th Representing its state’s nearly $100 billion food service industry, the Texas Restaurant Association has faced many of the same challenges and obstacles that cinemas confronted during the pandemic. As the world turns a corner from the Covid-19 disruption, Boxoffice Pro... Exhibition Features Candy Czar: Tim Farha Receives 2023 Frank Liberto Award Rebecca Pahle • Aug 29th A trip to the movies just isn’t complete without concessions—a fact acknowledged by CinéShow, which annually presents the Frank Liberto Award to a concessions or purchasing professional in the exhibition community. This year, receiving the award is Dallas’s own Tim... Exhibition Features Honoring a Visionary: Byron Berkley Receives CinéShow’s Vision Award Rebecca Pahle • Aug 29th Byron Berkley, a well-loved veteran of the North American cinema industry and a tireless advocate for exhibitors and the exhibition experience, is receiving the Vision Award at this year’s CinéShow. Berkley’s decades of combined work with NATO, the Independent Cinema... Interviews Precious Mettle: Director Guy Nattiv Brings the Iron Lady of Israel to the Big Screen in GOLDA Chad Kennerk • Aug 23rd In October of 1973, a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. Israel’s first female prime minister, Golda Meir, found herself at the center... Load more stories
Exhibition Features Geneva Convention 2023 Ben Marcus Humanitarian Award: Andrew Cretors, C. Cretors and Company President Rebecca Pahle • Sep 27th Nothing goes together like popcorn and the movies. Thanks to C. Cretors and Company, the two have been linked from the very beginning, when moviegoers could buy popcorn not in the theater but outside it, from mobile trucks and food...
Exhibition Features Geneva Convention 2023 Vendor of the Year: J&J Snack Foods Rebecca Pahle • Sep 27th When people go to the movies, they like to splurge–whether it’s on a premium format screening or a giant tub of popcorn. On the concessions side, many of cinemagoers’ favorite sweet and salty treats come from J&J Snack Foods, Vendor...
Exhibition Features Geneva Convention 2023 Innovator of the Year: PaperAirplane Co-Founders Mike Polydoros and Will Preuss Daniel Loria • Sep 26th Founded by two veteran exhibitor relations executives, Mike Polydoros and Will Preuss, PaperAirplane has become an essential resource for exhibitors since the company’s founding in 2020. Honored as the Innovator of the Year at this year’s Geneva Convention, Boxoffice Pro...
Exhibition Features Independents Rising: How the Barstow Family Brought ACX Cinemas to Life Rebecca Pahle • Sep 25th It all started with a newspaper ad. The year was 1988, and Bill and Colleen Barstow were living in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, her working in a small local bank and him on active military service, serving as a weather forecaster for...
Exhibition Features BARBIE’s Billion Dollar Summer: A Look Back at 2023’s Summer Movie Season Daniel Loria • Sep 21st Jeff Goldstein, executive vice president of domestic theatrical distribution at Warner Bros., was effusive when he returned my call on Sunday, July 23. Warner Bros.’ Barbie had just opened alongside Universal’s Oppenheimer to a combined $244.4 million. Bolstered by a...
Exhibition Features Get Rich or Die Laughing: DUMB MONEY Director Craig Gillespie Brings the GameStop Meme Stock Saga to the Big Screen Daniel Loria • Sep 14th The “meme stock phenomenon” shook the financial world during the pandemic, propelling a devoted group of online retail investors into a crusade against some of Wall Street’s biggest players. This modern-day David and Goliath saga is the backdrop of Sony’s...
Exhibition Features Going for Growth: Santikos Theaters’ Tim Handren on the Circuit’s Massive Expansion Rebecca Pahle • Sep 7th In Q1 of 2024, when Boxoffice Pro publishes its annual Giants of Exhibition ranking of the top 50 chains in North America by screen count, the top 10 will look a little different. Following two years in which the 10...
Exhibition Features American Ronin: Director Antoine Fuqua Teams Up with Denzel Washington for THE EQUALIZER 3 Daniel Loria • Aug 31st There are times when the chemistry between an actor and a director is undeniable. It was immediately apparent in Training Day (2001), the first collaboration between Denzel Washington and filmmaker Antoine Fuqua. The actor’s performance, in a film that couldn’t...
Exhibition Features The Texas Restaurant Association’s Kelsey Erickson Streufert Says Cinemas Can Learn from Restaurants’ Pandemic Recovery Daniel Loria • Aug 29th Representing its state’s nearly $100 billion food service industry, the Texas Restaurant Association has faced many of the same challenges and obstacles that cinemas confronted during the pandemic. As the world turns a corner from the Covid-19 disruption, Boxoffice Pro...
Exhibition Features Candy Czar: Tim Farha Receives 2023 Frank Liberto Award Rebecca Pahle • Aug 29th A trip to the movies just isn’t complete without concessions—a fact acknowledged by CinéShow, which annually presents the Frank Liberto Award to a concessions or purchasing professional in the exhibition community. This year, receiving the award is Dallas’s own Tim...
Exhibition Features Honoring a Visionary: Byron Berkley Receives CinéShow’s Vision Award Rebecca Pahle • Aug 29th Byron Berkley, a well-loved veteran of the North American cinema industry and a tireless advocate for exhibitors and the exhibition experience, is receiving the Vision Award at this year’s CinéShow. Berkley’s decades of combined work with NATO, the Independent Cinema...
Interviews Precious Mettle: Director Guy Nattiv Brings the Iron Lady of Israel to the Big Screen in GOLDA Chad Kennerk • Aug 23rd In October of 1973, a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. Israel’s first female prime minister, Golda Meir, found herself at the center...