Half a billion dollars in one weekend. Not bad for an industry everyone keeps insisting is dying. But the real story isn’t just the money—it’s how theaters are transforming into premium-first, event-driven experiences. From Sinners to Stitch, audiences are choosing spectacle, scale, and nostalgia over originality—and studios are more than happy to oblige.
What Jon Voight Doesn’t Understand About the Real Crisis in Moviegoing
Jon Voight has a plan to “save” Hollywood by keeping productions on American soil—but while politicians obsess over tariffs and tax breaks, the real issue is playing out in overpriced, underwhelming movie theaters across the country. If Hollywood wants to matter again, it needs to stop chasing whales and start fixing the moviegoing experience for the rest of us.
Ted Sarandos Says Theaters Are Dead. Sinners Just Said Otherwise.
There’s this ongoing argument right now between people like Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and the diehard defenders of movie theaters. Sarandos went up on stage at the TIME100 Summit and basically said what he’s been hinting at for years: movie theaters are an outmoded idea. Not dead exactly, but fading. People would rather just stay home, … Continue reading Ted Sarandos Says Theaters Are Dead. Sinners Just Said Otherwise.
Hollywood After Dark 