Hints and tips:
...“The fourth quarter was looking more than a little fallow . . . but the Swifties have helped with that,” said Michael Kustermann, chief executive of Texas-headquartered Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, referring...
...“These films don’t fit the summer blockbuster mould,” said Mike Sampson, director of field marketing for the Alamo Drafthouse cinema chain....
...Similarly, Texas-headquartered Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, which serves full meals with screenings, is expanding to five new locations over the next 18 months across the US after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
...Around the same time, Alamo Drafthouse, an independent theatre chain, filed for bankruptcy protection, though it will continue operating after selling its assets to a pair of private equity investors....
...The success of Godzilla vs Kong is a victory for the cinema chains and Hollywood studios, which have lost billions of dollars in the past year, leading to bankruptcy for the Alamo Drafthouse theatre operator...
...Meanwhile, indie cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse, which in March filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has taken things a step further by launching its own PVOD platform last year....
...The Alamo Drafthouse has been one of the bright spots in an otherwise stagnant cinema industry....
...Small businesses that are less well capitalised may need to cut staff simply to survive, and doing this (as happened at US cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse, which has said it intends to rehire its employees...
...Two of the theatres — Atlanta’s Plaza Atlanta and the Austin, Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse chain — pre-empted Sony’s announcement, telling their followers on Twitter that Sony had authorised the release...
...THE PROBLEM When it was revealed that Madonna was caught texting during a screening at the New York Film Festival last week, the boss of the Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain tweeted that the singer...
International Edition