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The Booth Theatre building takes up 90 feet (27 m) of the Shubert Alley frontage. [7] [8] The Booth is part of the largest concentration of Broadway theaters on a single block. [9] The adjoining block of 45th Street is also known as George Abbott Way, [10] and foot traffic on the street increases box-office totals for the theaters there. [11]
In August 2015, Vue International acquired JT Bioscopen, the second-largest cinema chain in the Netherlands, bringing Vue's number of sites to over 200. [13] In June 2018, Vue acquired the Irish operator Showtime Cinemas, adding a further two cinemas to their estate in the United Kingdom and Ireland, now totalling 89 cinemas. [14]
The term "box office" was being used from at least 1741, deriving from the office from which tickets for theatre boxes were sold (although the use of "box" for a private section from which to watch the play was in use in 1609); this is the derivation favoured by the Oxford English Dictionary. [6]
The Times Square Business Improvement District opened a visitor center in the Selwyn's lobby in April 1996, [242] [243] and Jujamcyn again considered leasing the theater at that time. [244] Though Jujamcyn was a for-profit operator, the New York City government had specified that the Selwyn operate as a nonprofit venue. [ 245 ]
Film Year Known ticket sales (est.) Territories with known ticket sales data [a] Notes Legend of the White Snake (Bai she zhuan) 1980 700,000,000 China [1] [2] In-Laws (Full House of Joy) 1981 650,000,000 China [3] [4] Wudang (The Undaunted Wudang) [ru; de] 1983 610,000,000 China [3] Gunshots in the CIB (Bao mi ju de qiang sheng) 1979
In Canada, the total operating revenue in the movie theater industry was $1.7 billion in 2012, an 8.4% increase from 2010. This increase was mainly the result of growth in box office and concession revenue. Combined, these accounted for 91.9% of total industry operating revenue. [76]
London's TKTS, originally known as "The Half Price Ticket Booth", is run by the Society of London Theatre on behalf of the theatre industry. Operating since 1980 in the heart of Leicester Square, this discounted ticket booth offers customers a wide choice of discount theatre tickets on the day of the performance and in advance. There are also ...
Photo of the theatre's interior in 1959. The Loew's State Theatre was a movie theater at 1540 Broadway on Times Square in New York City.Designed by Thomas Lamb in the Adam style, [1] it opened on August 29, 1921, as part of a 16-story office building for the Loew's Theatres company, with a seating capacity of 3,200 [2] and featuring both vaudeville and films.