A study by Ernst & Young commissioned by the National Association of Theater Owners has found minimal impact on theaters by Netflix and other digital outlets streaming feature-length films. If anything, the more a consumer streams movies, the study found, the more likely they are to pay for a ticket in a movie theater…

ComScore and the National Association of Theatre Owners said Tuesday that North American box offices hit an unprecedented record $12 billion in the last 12 months for the first time. The period covers films released in theaters in the U.S. and Canada from October 2017-October 2018. This is bolstered by the success of…

Hollywood rode a powerhouse summer lineup to post double-digit gains in box office and attendance, setting itself up to hit a new full-year record haul in 2018 as long as the holiday season delivers. According to figures just out from the National Association of Theatre Owners, summer box office totaled $4.398…

The National Association of Theatre Owners has released 2017’s official average ticket price: $8.97, up close to 4% over 2016’s $8.65 and a new record high. NATO’s ticket price is an average of all theater price points including senior citizen and primetime weekend evening shows. NATO is calling the annual box office…

UPDATED, WRITETHRU with AMC and MPAA weigh-in: The National Association of Theatre Owners has offered its praise to Saudi Arabia after the kingdom confirmed today that it would lift a 35-year ban on public cinemas. NATO also revealed that a delegation from the trade group led by President and CEO John Fithian has been…

Movie admissions fell in Q2, but exhibitors may find a silver lining when they tally their revenues. The average consumer outlay for tickets hit a new high, $8.95 — a 2.5% increase vs the period last year — the National Association of Theatre Owners reports. That tops the $8.84 in Q1, the previous high. People paid…

The world’s biggest exhibition companies — including U.S.-based giants AMC Entertainment and Regal Entertainment Group — are linking arms to raise the industry’s profile with regulatory agencies, and smooth differences between countries. Their interests will be represented by a new worldwide organization, the Global Ci…

Movie theater owners’ talks with Hollywood to create a premium video on demand window for new releases have been “fruitful,” National Association of Theater Owners’ Patrick Corcoran told an investor group this morning — quickly noting that the trade group isn’t involved for antitrust reasons. “We have consistently…

A barrage of 3D and large screen movie releases, as well as several adult-skewing titles, lifted the average consumer outlay for a movie ticket to a new high of $8.84 in Q1, the National Association of Theatre Owners says today. The average payment was up 3.0% vs last year’s Q1, and +0.6% vs the last three months of…

UPDATED, 1:00 PM: Asked by Deadline about whether the studios or other companies will be able to pull off Premium Video on Demand (PVOD), NATO President and CEO John Fithian said, “Going back to 2010 (we) said, ‘Let’s stop fighting publicly about the future of our release dates, this is about growing the pie for…

A K-9 named Farrah was introduced by National Association of Theatre Owners managing director Mitch Neuhauser as part of new security measures at this year’s CinemaCon. Last year, on the final day of the Las Vegas exhibition confab, Lionsgate’s screening of Now You See Me 2 was evacuated when two mysterious backpacks…

At Forbes magazine, editors used to tell reporters: There's nothing more powerful than two crossing lines. They meant trend lines on a graph, as when rising expenses exceed falling revenue, sending a business into loss. In the 2016 Theatrical Market Statistics report released last week by the MPAA, just such crossing…