Neon News Stories Exhibition Features 2024 in Review: The Biggest Stories, Movies, and Surprises of the Year Boxoffice Staff • Dec 26th Story of the Year Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse Sony buying Alamo Drafthouse isn’t going to be the industry-changing story many reported it to be. I don’t think it will usher in a new era of studio ownership in exhibition. But... Exhibition News Neon Brings LONGLEGS Back to Theaters This October with Exclusive THE MONKEY Sneak Peek Boxoffice Staff • Oct 16th Neon announced today that audiences will get the chance to relive the horror sensation Longlegs in theaters nationwide from Wednesday, October 23rd through Halloween, Thursday, October 31st. Following the film, audiences will get an exclusive sneak peek of Osgood Perkins’ ... Exhibition News Celebrate National Best Friends Day with BABES Boxoffice Staff • Jun 5th Following the theatrical launch of Babes, Neon will be offering a special ticket promotion to celebrate National Best Friends Day. On Saturday, June 8th, moviegoers who buy one ticket to see Babes will get a second ticket free. Babes had... Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE and IMMACULATE • Mar 20th March's penultimate weekend sees another major studio release after Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two have dominated the month thus far. Exhibition News NEON to Host Nationwide One Night Only Screening Event of Ava Duvernay’s ORIGIN Boxoffice Staff • Feb 27th NEON has announced that it will screen Origin from writer/director/producer Ava DuVernay in 500 theaters in the U.S. on Wednesday, February 28th for a one night only special screening event featuring an exclusive pre-recorded introduction and post-screening Q&A with DuVernay.... Exhibition News Neon’s 20th Anniversary Theatrical Release of OLDBOY Ranks Top 10 on Opening Day Boxoffice Staff • Aug 18th Neon‘s re-release of 2003’s Oldboy premiered on Wednesday, August 16 with $235K, ranking ninth place at the daily box office. The South Korean film from director Park Chan-Wook is playing in U.S. theaters for the first time since its original North... Exhibition News David Bowie Film Moonage Daydream to Release Exclusively in IMAX Boxoffice Staff • Aug 23rd Following its launch out of the Cannes Film Festival, NEON and IMAX announced today that Brett Morgen’s David Bowie film Moonage Daydream will be released exclusively in IMAX theaters for a week-long special engagement beginning September 16th. Morgen’s feature length... Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated / Final): Top Gun: Maverick on Cruise Control for Sophomore Frame Victory After Memorial Day Records • Jun 1st Tom Cruise lifted the domestic box office to new all-time heights for Memorial Day weekend, and now Top Gun: Maverick is poised for another clear victory in its second frame. CinemaCon CinemaCon 2022: Disney and Universal Tout Tentpoles, Avatar Aims to Revive 3D at the Movies Daniel Loria • Apr 28th Disney called in its best ambassador to theaters to open its 2022 CinemaCon presentation after sitting out the 2021 edition of the event. “I love movies, I love all of you, and I thank all of you for taking us... Exhibition News NEON Re-teams with National Geographic Documentary Films On Sara Dosa’s Sundance Film Fire of Love Boxoffice Staff • Apr 20th NEON will partner with National Geographic Documentary Films to release director Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love. National Geographic Documentary Films acquired the worldwide rights following its Sundance debut earlier this year, where the film was awarded the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing... Interviews INTERVIEW: Joachim Trier Returns to Oslo with The Worst Person in the World Daniel Loria • Feb 1st Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier rose to fame on the international film-festival scene following his 2006 debut feature, Reprise. The film established many of the themes the writer-director would return to in the ensuing years: identity, ambition, and love among a... Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Marvel Studios’ Eternals • Nov 4th Marvel films have already contributed significantly to the pandemic era's box office recovery during the second half of 2021, and Eternals is hoping to join the chorus of big comic book movie openings in recent months. Load more stories
Exhibition Features 2024 in Review: The Biggest Stories, Movies, and Surprises of the Year Boxoffice Staff • Dec 26th Story of the Year Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse Sony buying Alamo Drafthouse isn’t going to be the industry-changing story many reported it to be. I don’t think it will usher in a new era of studio ownership in exhibition. But...
Exhibition News Neon Brings LONGLEGS Back to Theaters This October with Exclusive THE MONKEY Sneak Peek Boxoffice Staff • Oct 16th Neon announced today that audiences will get the chance to relive the horror sensation Longlegs in theaters nationwide from Wednesday, October 23rd through Halloween, Thursday, October 31st. Following the film, audiences will get an exclusive sneak peek of Osgood Perkins’ ...
Exhibition News Celebrate National Best Friends Day with BABES Boxoffice Staff • Jun 5th Following the theatrical launch of Babes, Neon will be offering a special ticket promotion to celebrate National Best Friends Day. On Saturday, June 8th, moviegoers who buy one ticket to see Babes will get a second ticket free. Babes had...
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE and IMMACULATE • Mar 20th March's penultimate weekend sees another major studio release after Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two have dominated the month thus far.
Exhibition News NEON to Host Nationwide One Night Only Screening Event of Ava Duvernay’s ORIGIN Boxoffice Staff • Feb 27th NEON has announced that it will screen Origin from writer/director/producer Ava DuVernay in 500 theaters in the U.S. on Wednesday, February 28th for a one night only special screening event featuring an exclusive pre-recorded introduction and post-screening Q&A with DuVernay....
Exhibition News Neon’s 20th Anniversary Theatrical Release of OLDBOY Ranks Top 10 on Opening Day Boxoffice Staff • Aug 18th Neon‘s re-release of 2003’s Oldboy premiered on Wednesday, August 16 with $235K, ranking ninth place at the daily box office. The South Korean film from director Park Chan-Wook is playing in U.S. theaters for the first time since its original North...
Exhibition News David Bowie Film Moonage Daydream to Release Exclusively in IMAX Boxoffice Staff • Aug 23rd Following its launch out of the Cannes Film Festival, NEON and IMAX announced today that Brett Morgen’s David Bowie film Moonage Daydream will be released exclusively in IMAX theaters for a week-long special engagement beginning September 16th. Morgen’s feature length...
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast (Updated / Final): Top Gun: Maverick on Cruise Control for Sophomore Frame Victory After Memorial Day Records • Jun 1st Tom Cruise lifted the domestic box office to new all-time heights for Memorial Day weekend, and now Top Gun: Maverick is poised for another clear victory in its second frame.
CinemaCon CinemaCon 2022: Disney and Universal Tout Tentpoles, Avatar Aims to Revive 3D at the Movies Daniel Loria • Apr 28th Disney called in its best ambassador to theaters to open its 2022 CinemaCon presentation after sitting out the 2021 edition of the event. “I love movies, I love all of you, and I thank all of you for taking us...
Exhibition News NEON Re-teams with National Geographic Documentary Films On Sara Dosa’s Sundance Film Fire of Love Boxoffice Staff • Apr 20th NEON will partner with National Geographic Documentary Films to release director Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love. National Geographic Documentary Films acquired the worldwide rights following its Sundance debut earlier this year, where the film was awarded the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing...
Interviews INTERVIEW: Joachim Trier Returns to Oslo with The Worst Person in the World Daniel Loria • Feb 1st Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier rose to fame on the international film-festival scene following his 2006 debut feature, Reprise. The film established many of the themes the writer-director would return to in the ensuing years: identity, ambition, and love among a...
Forecasts & Tracking Weekend Box Office Forecast: Marvel Studios’ Eternals • Nov 4th Marvel films have already contributed significantly to the pandemic era's box office recovery during the second half of 2021, and Eternals is hoping to join the chorus of big comic book movie openings in recent months.