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‘Weapons’ Is a Box Office Hit. Now Movie Theaters Are Bracing for a Bleak Three Months
Every August, Alamo Drafthouse prepares for a late-summer slowdown. “We joke that weekday business gets soft because parents have to think about buying their kids a new backpack,” says the theater chain’s chief revenue officer, Mike Sherrill. Studios must have the same thought...
Fantastic Fest Releases 20th Anniversary Lineup, Featuring ‘The Strangers: Chapter 2,’...
Fantastic Fest, the United States’ largest genre film festival celebrating horror, sci-fi, fantasy and action cinema, has announced the 2025 lineup of features for its 20th anniversary edition, taking place Sep. 18-25 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas. This year’s...
Alamo Drafthouse Lays Off 70 Staff Members From New York City Locations Ahead of Expected Strike
Alamo Drafthouse has laid off approximately 70 workers from its Manhattan and Brooklyn locations. These cuts were implemented ahead of an expected strike at two of the company’s New York City venues. Alamo Drafthouse declined to comment, but sources say these layoffs were part of the...
Alamo Drafthouse Dedicates Newly Renovated Brooklyn Theater to Spike Lee (EXCLUSIVE)
Alamo Drafthouse is dedicating its newly renovated downtown Brooklyn theater to Spike Lee. The director, who is synonymous with all things New York, will be honored on Sept. 12 with a ceremony and screening of his semi-autobiograpical 1994 film “Crooklyn.” Lee will also participate in a...
Alamo Drafthouse Takes Over Bankrupt Franchisee Theaters in Texas and Minnesota
Alamo Drafthouse is taking over the six franchisee locations that closed in June due to bankruptcy. The venues, including five Texas locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as well as a Minnesota venue in Woodbury, are set to reopen this summer. ???We were heartbroken to hear about the...
Theater Owners Chief on Box Office Downturn, Alamo Drafthouse Sale and Bringing Audiences Back to...
It’s been a tough time for the movie business. The 2023 actors and writers strikes brought production to a standstill, leaving studios with fewer films to release in theaters. That’s bad news for cinemas, which are struggling to dig out from the financial hole left by COVID shutdowns...
Sony Pictures Buys Alamo Drafthouse
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the theater chain that inspired a passionate following with its creative cocktails, extensive food menu and strict “no talking, no texting” policies. The media company acquired Alamo Drafthouse from owners Altamont...
Adelaide Film Fest Picks Five Works in Progress for Cannes??? Showcase, With Giant, Drafthouse???s...
South Australian Anthony Frith???s close encounter with ???Sharknado??? production company The Asylum in ???Mockbuster??? is among five titles to be showcased at the Adelaide Film Festival Goes to Cannes showcase, held at Cannes Marché du Film on May 17. The five works in progress range from...
Alamo Drafthouse Promotes Chaya Rosenthal to Chief Marketing Officer (EXCLUSIVE)
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has promoted Chaya Rosenthal to chief marketing officer. She’s worked at the company since 2017 and previously served as VP of marketing. Rosenthal has 20 years of marketing experience, including stops at Fandango and its parent company NBCUniversal before joining...
Danny McBride ???Can???t Stand??? Movie Theaters Serving Dinner and Drinks: ???I Hate It??? and...
Danny McBride has a bone to pick with movie theaters. With the popularization of theaters that now serve dinner and drinks in the middle of a movie (see Alama Drafthouse locations, for example), the “Eastbound & Down” and “Pineapple Express” comedian recently told GQ...