MPAA
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Foreign Box Office Flatlines and 8 Other Surprises From MPAA’s 2016 Moviegoing Report
The trade group’s annual Theatrical Market Statistics report included several signs of trouble for studios
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Asian Americans Saw More Movies Last Year Than Any Other Ethnic Group
MPAA report shows Asians dethroned Hispanics by seeing 1.5 more movies on average in 2016
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Average Movie Ticket Prices Rose 3 Percent in 2016
Americans paid an average $8.65 for admission last year as opposed to $8.43 in 2015
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MPAA President Chris Dodd Won’t Attend CinemaCon
Former senator also skipped out on Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this year
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Free Speech Is for Everybody, Even Movie Studios (Guest Blog)
Anti-SLAPP statutes like California’s help make sure that filmmakers can tell their stories as they see fit, MPAA VP of legal affairs Ben Sheffner writes
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Hollywood Reacts to FCC Decision to Delay Changes to Cable Set-Top Boxes
Wrong outcome could have “devastating effects on the rights and livelihoods of the creators of film and television,” the DGA says
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‘Suicide Squad’ Is No ‘Deadpool’: Warner Bros Film Lands PG-13 Rating
Get your popcorn ready, middle-schoolers
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MPAA Teams With Web Registry Radix to Smoke Out Piracy Sites
Industry group will become “Trusted Notifier” of websites it believes are infringing on copyright
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MPAA Appoints Matt Bennett EVP for Corporate Communications
Bennett will replace Laura Nichols, who left the MPAA in February
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Global Box Office Soars to $38.3 Billion, Chinese Movie Attendance Up 51.2 Percent
MPAA, NATO delivered key numbers from theatrical market statistics report to exhibitors; in the US, teens 12-17 accounted for 16.5 percent of ticket buyers
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No, MPAA Isn’t Conspiring Against Netflix
Streaming giant doesn’t appear among approved services on MPAA’s search engine, provoking the tin foil hat brigade
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MPAA, Studios Slapped With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Smoking in Films
Complaint claims that instances of smoking in youth-related films, with certain exceptions, are negligent
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‘Batman v Superman’ Gets R Rating for ‘Ultimate Edition’
MPAA gives home entertainment version of Warner Bros. movie stricter rating for “sequences of violence”
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Michael Moore’s ‘Where to Invade Next’ Loses Appeal of R Rating
MPAA gave the documentary an R rating for “language, some violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity”
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Former Homeland Security Spokesman Chris Ortman Joins MPAA
Former appointee of President Obama will serve as vice president of corporate communications
