Uncommon Knowledge: A Wicked Box Office Success and the US Movie Business

Wicked: For Good shows Hollywood box office records can be smashed by a familiar melody sung loudly, together, in the dark.
Marketplace

As movies struggle, U.S. theaters pivot to the events business

Creators like Taylor Swift and anime like Studio Ghibli are using traditional theaters as hubs for limited-run events. Why is ...
Yahoo

The movie business isn't going to collapse. Jerry Bruckheimer explains why

Jerry Bruckheimer, photographed at his office in Santa Monica in June. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) The first thing you notice in Jerry Bruckheimer’s Santa Monica office isn’t the full-size suit ...

Hollywood Is Reeling—and PG Movies Have Never Been So Popular

The entertainment business has never been so dependent on kids dragging their parents to theaters ...
WLKY

'A film renaissance': Businesses discuss impacts of movies being filmed in Louisville

IMPACT THE CITY CAN EXPECT TO SEE. IF YOU WERE IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME STREETS WERE CLOSED. AND THAT’S BECAUSE A NEW MOVIE IS USING LOUISVILLE AS ITS ...
Los Angeles Times

Retro movies are hitting big at the box office. Why cinephiles and theaters are going back in time

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ahead of a 50th anniversary screening of “Jaws” this month at the AMC Theatres in Century City, even the trailers ...
The Washington Post

Better movies, or better for business?

When the Motion Picture Academy announced back in June that Sunday's Oscar ceremony would include 10 Best Picture nominees instead of the usual five, those masters of make-believe had insisted it was ...