Some good news for exhibition which will hopefully prime business before this summer’s big event films open, i.e. Mulan and Wonder Woman 1984, and that’s Fathom Events along with Screen Media will be premiering Millennium Media and Rod Lurie's feature The Outpost in theaters on July 2 on roughly 500 screens.
The pic…
Twenty-five years ago, The Shawshank Redemption finished as a first-run failure that seemed sentenced to obscurity. But then Frank Darabont’s stirring cellblock epic found an unlikely reprieve and followed an unexpected escape route that led to cinema glory.
Today, Shawshank is widely hailed as a classic. The Library…
After amassing close to $3M fromFriends 25th: The One With the Anniversary back in September, Fathom Events and Warner Bros. TV are bringing the hit TV series back to the big screen for a two nights with Friendsgiving on Nov. 24 at 7PM and Nov. 25 at 4PM.
Each day will feature four Friends episodes that have been…
El Norte, the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated epic about immigrants from Central America seeking the promise represented by life in U.S., returns to 200-plus movie theaters Sunday to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month and the film’s 35th anniversary.
The revival, a presentation of Fathom Events and Lionsgate, marks the…
Fathom Events continued with a special screening of Placido Domingo Gala on September 7 despite allegations of sexual misconduct against the iconic opera singer. As a result, the special event screening premiered on 284 theaters with a low debut, earning an estimated $80,295 which amounts to a disappointing $283 per…
Fathom Events and Warner Bros. are celebrating the milestone 25th anniversary of the legendary comedy series Friends with a three-night special event. Friends 25th: The One With The Anniversary will pay tribute to the cultural phenom by bringing 12 fan-favorite episodes to movie theaters across the U.S. over three…
Lionsgate and Saban Films are teaming with Fathom Events to release Rob Zombie’s upcoming horror film 3 From Hell, with a three-day rollout set for September 16-18 in almost 900 theaters. The pic is a follow-up to Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects and returns those pics’ Firefly family to the big…
Contemporary adult drama with fantasy elements can be a tricky combination (especially when Christmas themes or supernatural menaces aren’t involved) but when done correctly the resonating results can be magical. Thirty years ago, that was the case with Field of Dreams, a poignant crowdpleaser about fathers and sons…
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…
