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He’s going to find them and he’s going to thank them. Actor Liam Neeson showed up last night at AMC Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side to thank audiences for coming out on the reopening day of the city’s theaters. Neeson was particularly thankful that audiences could see his new film The Marksman on a big screen…

It didn’t take long for history to repeat itself. We’re not just talking about the second-weekend No. 1 hold for a Liam Neeson Open Road release during the pandemic — specifically The Marksman, which earned $2.03M, -35% for a running total of $6.09M. But also how the major studios ran for the hills again, just like…

Sunday Final AM: In a continuing pandemic marketplace such as this, with 57% of all movie theaters still closed, whether you’re a distributor or an exhibitor, you have to be thankful for any amount of money you can get your hands on. Open Road has released the second Liam Neeson movie during the pandemic, The…

What would we do without Liam Neeson? At 68, this durable actor is my go-to comfort food action star. In The Marksman, as in his other most recent genre picture, Honest Thief, a by-the-numbers premise with some cardboard bad guys thankfully is balanced by the casting of Neeson, who excels in playing these flawed…

Nascent theatrical market Saudi Arabia, which saw its first cinemas open back in 2018, is set for a new distribution player to enter the ring after leading MENA distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment teamed with Saudi exhibition outfit Muvi Cinemas to launch a joint venture. The new company, Front Row Arabia, will…

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED: Open Road will now open their Liam Neeson feature The Marksman on Jan. 15 2021 capitalizing on the MLK four-day holiday weekend.  The marketplace has opened up with New Line’s Mortal Kombat and Universal/Film Nation’s The 355 moving off the date and those exhibitors weathering the pandemic are…