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Average Movie Ticket Price Hits Record High

February 11, 2013 By Brent Lang 13 weeks ago

Average ticket prices topped $8 for the final quarter of the year

  

Average Movie-Ticket Prices Fall Thanks to Fewer 3D Films

November 8, 2012 By Brent Lang 27 weeks ago

The National Association of Theater Owners says movie ticket prices fell four percent over the third quarter

  

Average Movie Ticket Prices Climb to Record $8.12 in Q2

August 3, 2012 By Brent Lang 41 weeks ago

For the first half of the year, the average ticket set back moviegoers $8.02

  

CinemaCon Kicks Off As Spring Box Office Sizzles

April 22, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Convention attendees will get a sneak peak at "The Avengers," "The Dark Knight Rises," and "Men in Black 3" as studios let theater owners know they're very special to them

  

Average Movie Ticket Price Jumps Less Than 1 Percent in 2011

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Fewer 3D titles meant that ticket prices only jumped four cents in 2011 -- and at the end of the year, they actually got cheaper

  

'Shame' Shocks AFI Audience, Theater Leader Calls for More NC-17 Films

November 10, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Sexually-explicit film could help revive the shunned rating, John Fithian says

  

Average Movie Ticket Price Falls Below $8

November 1, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

It's getting a tiny bit cheaper to see a film, according to the National Association of Theater Owners

  

NATO Elects 4 New Officers

October 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Carmike Cinemas CEO S. David Passman, III named chairman of the trade group

  

Cinedigm Doubles Record for Digital Screen Installations

October 6, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The company has now installed almost 8,000 digital screens

  

NATO Slams Sony for 3D-Glasses Charges (Updated)

September 28, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Sony said the trade organization is wrong, while shares of RealD plummet 15 percent

  

Summer Box Office Breaks Record; Admissions Up 1% From 2010

September 7, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

The May-through-Labor Day period saw a record $4.4B in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada, NATO is reporting

  

NATO Angry Over Premium VOD, But OK With Summit's 'Source Code' Experiment

June 1, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

John Fithian says studio's early release plan respects windows; Jon Favreau and Quentin Tarantino also oppose move

  

Bill to Crack Down on Foreign Internet Piracy Introduced in Senate

May 12, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Hollywood hails legislation that would prevent sites from using U.S. internet service providers, payment processes and search engines

  

NATO Bites Back Over Early VOD: We Won't Calm Down

May 12, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

After Jeff Bewkes and Les Moonves say the threat of shorter windows has been overstated, John Fithian begs to differ

  

NATO to Hollywood: Give Us DirecTV's Premium VOD Numbers

May 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"What's an experiment without data?" asks NATO president

  

Average Movie-Ticket Price Down Slightly in the First Quarter

May 3, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

NATO data also shows average admissions price declined about 1 percent from the first quarter of 2010

  

As Premium VOD Readies for Flight, Studios Face the Fallout

April 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Brent Lang 2 years ago

As the controversial premium VOD plan kicks off Thursday, studios are hoping for a longterm payoff. But in the short term, they have nothing but headaches

  

Worst Kept Secret Revealed: DirecTV Admits Premium VOD Plan (Update)

April 19, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Rental platform to launch Thursday with "Just Go With It"

  

Theater Owners Ready to Retaliate Over Premium VOD

April 5, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Brent Lang 2 years ago

Exhibitors may pull trailers or even films by studios that shorten windows, TheWrap learns

  

NATO Explodes at Studio Premium VOD: 'We Were Not Consulted'

March 31, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Responding to report that studios are rolling out the new service on DirecTV next month, National Association of Theater Owners puts out an angry statement saying its constituents weren't told the news first.

  

Tension High at CinemaCon - NATO Explodes Over Premium VOD

March 31, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Tension at the annual Las Vegas lovefest exploded on Thursday over a new studio premium VOD plan; exhibitors stressed over drop in box office revenue

  

Chris Dodd Tells CinemaCon: 'I'm a Piracy Fighter'

March 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

NATO chief John Fithian uses his part of Tuesday's keynote to warn exhibitors: "convert to digital or die"

  

Chris Dodd to Deliver CinemaCon Keynote

March 21, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

New MPAA chief will join NATO president and CEO John Fithian to deliver "state of the industry" address on March 29

  

NATO: Average Movie Ticket Price Shot up 5% to $7.89 in 2010

January 28, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

All those expensive 3D movies at the box office last year yielded one of the biggest year-to-year admissions spikes in history

  

Theater Owners Ramp Up Fight Against Premium VOD

December 23, 2010 By L.A. Times 2 years ago

With studios looking to debut first-run movies in homes days after their theatrical release, exhibitors mobilize in Hollywood and on Wall Street

  

NATO: Average Ticket Price Fell 2% in Q3 to $7.71

October 28, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Price has tumbled 24 cents since peaking at $7.95 in the first quarter