Movie theaters are offering discounts on concessions, including popcorn, and special screenings to draw customers back to the big screen. Incentives, which vary by company, include free popcorn, movie poster giveaways and early showings of Questlove’s music documentary “Summer of Soul” and drawings for private screenings of Marvel’s “Black Widow.” Help from studios and other vendors is crucial for theaters …
Universal and Cinemark announced an agreement that guarantees three weekends of theatrical exclusivity for Universal and Focus Feature titles before a film can become available to rent on demand. Universal Pictures has struck another deal with a major theatre chain to shorten the theatrical window from three months to as little as 17 days in an effort to adapt to …
Universal Pictures has struck another deal with a major theater chain to shorten the theatrical window from three months to as little as 17 days in an effort to adapt to the new business realities of moviegoing. Universal and Cinemark announced Monday a multiyear agreement that guarantees three full weekends, or 17 days, of theatrical exclusivity for Universal and Focus …
Cinemark Theatres, the third-largest cinema chain in the U.S., has reached an agreement with Universal Pictures to allow early home video releases for the studio’s movies, marking the latest crack in the traditional theatrical window during the COVID-19 pandemic. The deal follows a similar agreement in July that Universal made with AMC Theatres, the world’s biggest movie house circuit — …