Here’s a real kick in the head: It’s been 35 years since Columbia Studios released The Karate Kid. Fathom Events is marking the anniversary by bringing the 1984 classic back to the big screen Sunday and this Tuesday at more than 600 theaters nationwide. The special screenings are more than memory-lane matinees, they…

Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is finally making its way to theaters after an arduous journey — and they have a new trailer to prove it. The film, which made its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, will play via via Screen Media and Fathom Events in over 700 U.S. cinemas and select…

In a move to grow its cable, broadcast and Broadway programming, Fathom Events has tapped TV programming executive Andrew Goldman as VP of programming. Based in New York, Goldman will acquire high-value content with broad audience appeal which will play at exhibition chains which play Fathom Events content. Recently…

EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that the encore presentation of Peter Jackson’s WWI documentary They Shall Not Grow Old from Warner Bros. has set a brand new record for Fathom Events making an estimated $3.1-plus today from two showtimes at 1,122 theaters. That’s the highest-grossing single-day ever for a documentary…

Crunchyroll, the anime and manga powerhouse, will partner with Fathom Events for a year-long slate of Crunchyroll Movie Night events that will take the brand to the big screen with 500 cinemas participating. The partnership will yield a minimum of four Crunchyroll Movie Night events in 2019. The first will be the Jan…

Discovery Channel’s documentary Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow will get a limited theatrical release ahead of its October premiere on the cable net. Watch a clip of the film above. Fathom Events has set screenings for September 29 and October 3, including a special introduction from…

EXCLUSIVE: Gkids is expanding its relationship with event-cinema company Fathom Events with a deal that will see five more new titles from the animation distributor hitting Fathom screens in the U.S. in 2018. The two companies previously pacted on the premiere of Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower as well as…

Fathom Events and AMC announced today "Survival Sunday: The Walking Dead & Fear the Walking Dead," a one-night event on April 15 whereby fans can watch the anticipated series crossover, The Walking Dead Season 8 finale and the Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 premiere. The episodes will play at north of 750 theaters and…

Gordon Synn, formerly head of international TV for DreamWorks Animation and before that an exec at All3Media, Endemol Shine Group and 20th Century Fox, has been appointed Chief Content and Programming Officer at Fathom Events. He will report to CEO Ray Nutt and oversee the event-cinema distributor’s content…

Updated with Fathom’s official Sunday estimate. While Showtime will release the PPV revenue figures from last night’s fight in about a week, Fathom Events is reporting that their theatrical broadcast of the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Conor McGregor grossed $2.6M at 532 movie theaters. ComScore previously had a $2.4M figure…

Self-professed "rabid Anglophile" Sharon Gless is due to appear on Britain's longest-running medical drama, Casualty. Following this weekend's Season 31 finale, the BBC Studios series will return to BBC One later this summer with a two-part episode set in France. Later in the run, Gless will appear as Zsa Zsa…

This year’s fight of the century just got bigger — well, the images did. The August 26 cross-training bout between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC star and ex-pugilist Conor McGregor will be shown in select movie theaters around the country. The bout marks the first time champions from boxing and MMA…