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Richard "Dick" Allen Fox, the founder of the Fox Theatres chain and a former president of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners , died on July 24 in Boca Raton, Fla. at age 90. Fox founded Reading, Pa-based Fox Theatres in 1957 with the Sinking Spring Drive-In, the "World's Largest Cinemascope Screen," and over the…

NATO President and CEO John Fithian was greeted with applause at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this morning when he said that movies “should reach their full potential in theaters before heading to the home.” “There’s no doubt that home entertainment consumption moves toward streaming more with each passing day. As large…

Back in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump Monday morning tweeted in defense of his weekend trip to Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. In a few short days, Trump wimped out of honoring fallen U.S. troops on Saturday because it was raining, showed up late to other events…

“Our President – the orange guy Trump- is in Belgium right now – at the NATO Summit, fighting over how many ways they will split the check,” Jimmy Kimmel told his late night viewers about POTUS’s latest. “Things got off to a rocky start at a breakfast meeting with the NATO Secretary General, where Trump complained…

The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) has elected Ellis Jacob, President and CEO of Cineplex, Toronto, as its Chairman and Rolando B. Rodriguez, Chairman, President and CEO of Marcus Theatres in Milwaukee, as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jacob, elected as Executive Board vice chairman in…

The National Association of Theater Owners reports that the average movie ticket price during the first four months of this year is +4% at $9.16 versus the same quarter a year ago at $8.84. Versus the final quarter of 2017, Q1 2018’s average price is down two cents, but it’s running ahead of the 2017 average of $8.97…

NATO President and CEO John Fithian has heard too often from the press that theatrical moviegoing is on the wane in the face of streaming. He took to the podium at CinemaCon today to remind exhibition and the studios that “the industry is more dynamic than ever.” “The word disruption is thrown around way too much,&#8221…

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…

The National Association of Theater Owners reports this morning that the average movie ticket price during the third quarter came in at $8.93. While that’s +3% over the national average of $8.65, it’s down two cents from Q2 and +1% from Q1’s $8.84 when a slew of box office hits were in play Disney’s Rogue One: A Star W…

The National Association of Theatre Owners announced the election of new officers to two-year terms by the Executive Board of Directors at the association's annual meeting, which ran September 27-28 at the Marriott Hotel in Marina del Rey, CA. Amy E. Miles, Chair of the Board and CEO of Regal Entertainment Group…

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…