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How To Post Your Screenplay on Facebook for Valuable Constructive Criticism
by Stanley B. Gill
In the Facebook universe there are numerous screenwriting groups, which seem to replicate on a weekly and daily basis. Screenwriters who want feedback from their fellow members sometimes post screenplay pages for others to critique. Posting those pages where they are properly displayed using the available Facebook posting tools receives the best feedback and can be a little tricky without a good digital workflow. The post How To Post Your Screenplay on Facebook for Valuable Constructive Criticism appeared first on Stanley B. Gill.

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Weekend Box Office Forecast: John Wick: Chapter 4 Targets Possible $70M+ Franchise-Best Debut
A strong March at the box office is set to reach its pinnacle this weekend with the hotly anticipated debut of John Wick: Chapter 4 as it aims for a new franchise high opening. The post Weekend Box Office Forecast: John Wick: Chapter 4 Targets Possible $70M+ Franchise-Best Debut first appeared on Boxoffice. The post Weekend Box Office Forecast: <em>John Wick: Chapter 4</em> Targets Possible $70M+ Franchise-Best Debut appeared first on Boxoffice.
Ray Barry to Retire from the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that Ray Barry, director of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, will retire this month after nearly 50 years at AFI. Todd Hitchcock, the director of programming and associate director of the Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, has been named as Barry’s replacement. Barry has been a The post Ray Barry to Retire from the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center first appeared on Boxoffice. The post Ray Barry to Retire from the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center appeared first on Boxoffice.
Severtson to Feature Enhanced Screen Coating During CinemaCon 2023
Severtson Screens has announced it will feature its enhanced SēVision 3D GX-WA projection screen coating during CinemaCon 2023, which will take place in Las Vegas this April. Severtson’s enhanced SēVision 3D GX-WA projection screen coating has a smooth PVC surface with a high gain optical coating for superior texture and gain uniformity. The projection screen The post Severtson to Feature Enhanced Screen Coating During CinemaCon 2023 first appeared on Boxoffice. The post Severtson to Feature Enhanced Screen Coating During CinemaCon 2023 appeared first on Boxoffice.
New Trailers: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Joy Ride, Carmen, and More
Your One Stop Shop for the Latest Trailers Each week Boxoffice brings you the latest new movie trailers in our weekly round-up. Movie Coverage, the Boxoffice Trailer Network’s Youtube channel, delivers hot new trailers, teasers, and sneak peeks for all the best upcoming movies. Subscribe below to stay up-to-date on everything coming to theaters. On The post New Trailers: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Joy Ride, Carmen, and More first appeared on Boxoffice. The post New Trailers: <em>Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken</em>, <em>Joy Ride</em>, <em>Carmen</em>, and More appeared first on Boxoffice.
No Way Back, One Way Out: Chad Stahelski Brings John Wick Back to the Post-Pandemic Big Screen
Chad Stahelski’s John Wick entered the market in late October 2014 with unexceptional prospects. It was a midbudget action film, helmed by star Keanu Reeves’s former stunt double in The Matrix. Few would have blinked if it had taken its modest box office haul and retreated to a comfortable afterlife in the Sunday afternoon programming The post No Way Back, One Way Out: Chad Stahelski Brings John Wick Back to the Post-Pandemic Big Screen first appeared on Boxoffice. The post No Way Back, One Way Out: Chad Stahelski Brings John Wick Back to the Post-Pandemic Big Screen appeared first on Boxoffice.
Weekend Box Office: Shazam! Fury of the Gods Debuts Well Below Original
Shazam! Fury of the Gods The gods didn’t look kindly upon Warner Bros.’ superhero comedy sequel, which debuted in first place with $30.5M but -43% behind its predecessor. Still, the sequel’s opening was about in line with pre-release industry projections, which were generally in the $25M-$30M range. Compared to some other DC Extended Universe titles, The post Weekend Box Office: Shazam! Fury of the Gods Debuts Well Below Original first appeared on Boxoffice. The post Weekend Box Office: <em>Shazam! Fury of the Gods</em> Debuts Well Below Original appeared first on Boxoffice.
Long Range Box Office Forecast: Renfield and The Pope’s Exorcist, Plus John Wick: Chapter 4 Updates
This week’s forecast takes an early look at two major studio releases slated for April 14, The Pope’s Exorcist and Renfield. Also scheduled to open that weekend are Crunchyroll’s Suzume and Briarcliff Entertainment’s Sweetwater, though forecasts are not currently offered for those. Initial takeaways and forecasts for those and other upcoming films are below. PROS: The post Long Range Box Office Forecast: Renfield and The Pope’s Exorcist, Plus John Wick: Chapter 4 Updates first appeared on Boxoffice. The post Long Range Box Office Forecast: <em>Renfield</em> and <em>The Pope’s Exorcist</em>, Plus <em>John Wick: Chapter 4</em> Updates appeared first on Boxoffice.
Nordisk Film Cinemas to Receive International Exhibitor of the Year Award at CineEurope 2023
Nordisk Film Cinemas has been named the 2023 recipient of the International Exhibitor of the Year. The award will be presented as part of the CineEurope awards ceremony hosted by The Coca-Cola Company on June 22nd at the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) in Barcelona, Spain. Chief executive officer Asger Flygare Bech-Thomsen will accept on The post Nordisk Film Cinemas to Receive International Exhibitor of the Year Award at CineEurope 2023 first appeared on Boxoffice. The post Nordisk Film Cinemas to Receive International Exhibitor of the Year Award at CineEurope 2023 appeared first on Boxoffice.

A Thousand and One trailer
Drama starring Teyana Taylor and Aaron Kingsley Adetola opens in theaters March 31 ... Full Movie Details. Convinced it’s one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps 6-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding on to their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in New York City.
Weekend projections: Shazam limps to $30.5 million on opening weekend
Shazam! Fury of the Gods will earn around $30.5 million this weekend, according to Warner Bros.’ Sunday-morning projection. That’s well short of the $53.5 million picked up by Shazam! on its opening weekend in April, 2019. Even accounting for the effects of the pandemic and a slightly smaller theater count, that’s effectively about 25% down from its predecessor, and marks a disappointing decline from the $67 million earned by Black Adam on its debut in October.
Weekend predictions: Shazam! could struggle to hit $30 million this weekend
Shazam! Fury of the Gods picked up $3.4 million from preview screenings on Thursday. That’s a lot less than the $9.225 million earned by Shazam! back in 2019, and points to an opening weekend for the latest movie in the DC Extended Universe that will fall well short of the $53.5 million earned by its predecessor. In fact, it might not make it to $30 million this weekend.
Theater counts: Shazam arrives in 4,071 theaters
Shazam! Fury of the Gods will launch in 4,071 theaters this weekend, a slight drop from the 4,217 locations that hosted Shazam! on its opening weekend back in April, 2019, but still a formidable number. Moving On will also get a wide release this weekend.
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken trailer
Animated adventure opens in theaters June 30 ... Full Movie Details. A shy teenager who discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage of mythical sea krakens and that her destiny, in the depths of the oceans, is bigger than she ever dreamed.
Analysis: average theatrical movie ticket prices in 2020, 2021 and 2022
From 1989 to 2019, the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) published an estimate of the average price of a movie ticket in North America on an annual and quarterly basis. Their number was a widely used benchmark used to measure ticket price inflation over the years and convert box office dollars into estimated ticket sales. NATO, understandably, stopped releasing their estimate in 2020 when the pandemic shut down theaters and the organization hasn’t started doing so again (so far). That has left us, and many others in the industry, with an inconvenient hole in our reporting that we’re filling today with an analysis of publicly-available data on ticket prices before, during, and after the pandemic, and new estimates for quarterly ticket prices through 2022. Spoiler alert: ticket price inflation is real.
About My Father trailer
Comedy starring Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro opens in theaters May 26 ... Full Movie Details. Sebastian is encouraged by his fiancée to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo, to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family. The weekend develops into what can only be described as a culture clash, leaving Sebastian and Salvo to discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.
Weekend projections: Scream VI debuts with franchise-best $44.5 million
Scream VI has lost a little momentum through the weekend but will still post the best opening for Scream franchise, topping the $34.7 million earned by Scream 3 on its opening weekend back in 2000. Its $44.5 million is also well ahead of the $30 million earned by last year’s Scream.