Focuses on competition in the movie theater business in North America. Growth of box-office revenues; Comments of industry executives from major movie-theater chains; Impact of a restructuring in the industry; Popularity of multiplex theaters; Why many chains have filed for bankruptcy protection, ...
Discusses so-called megaplexes; movie theaters with multiple screens. Possibility that Cineplex Odeon may go out of business; Reasons for the lack of profits among cinemas, including Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., which is Cineplex Odeon's parent company; Opinion of analyst Christopher Dixon ...
Carmike Cinemas Files for Chapter 11 in Wake of Growth of ‘Megaplex’ Theaters - Orwall - 2000Orwall, Bruce. "Carmike Cinemas Files for Chapter 11 in Wake of Growth of `Megaplex' Theaters." The Wall Street Journal. Easter Edition, 9 August 2000, B7....