BoxOffice® Pro - May 2013

exhibition briefs
All
aboard!
n In a program
that aims to foster
cinema appreciation
in the next generation
of moviegoers—and
relieve
some summer
cabin fever—Regal
Entertainment is
once again boarding
its Summer Movie
Express. Over the
course of nine
weeks, 296 Regal,
United Artists, and
Edwards theaters
will screen selected
G- or PG-rated
movies for just a
buck. Showtimes
are 10 a.m. on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Titles on this
year’s slate include
Parental Guidance
and Dr. Seuss’ The
Lorax.
Movers &
shakers
n With the circuit’s
stock up by double
digits last year, Regal
Entertainment
Group rewarded
its executives with
big raises. CEO
Amy Miles saw her
total compensation
increase nearly 31
percent to almost
$4.5 million. Her
salary was up
from $50,000 to
$800,000. She
also received $1.8
million in stock
awards, $1.2 million in nonequity incentive payouts, and $668,409
in other compensation. CFO David Ownby’s compensation was up
from $1.2 million to $1.6 million; COO Gregory Dunn’s increased
by about half a million to $2.3 million; and general counsel Peter
Brandow earned $1.6 million.
Moviead founder and president Emil T. Noah Jr. has retired after
serving the motion picture industry for more than 50 years. Noah
started his career as an usher in Buffalo, N.Y., and later worked as the
director of advertising for Cinemette Corp. in Pittsburgh, Pa. From
there he founded Moviead and created many innovative movie theater
graphic products including an ad slick service and full-color title art.
Former VP of operations E.J. Noah will take over as president and
COO.
Digiplex Destinations continues to fill out its executive team,
adding Dean Gentile as vice president of operations and Doreen
Sayegh as vice
president of alternative
programming.
Gentile had
been overseeing
operations of the
circuit’s locations
in Connecticut,
New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, previously
working at
Regal, Crown, and
Clearview. Sayegh
was also promoted
from within, previously
managing
the Rialto and
Cranford theaters
in suburban New
Jersey.
Movie
house
news
n Carmike has
opened the doors
to its Boulevard
10 entertainment
complex in Destin,
Fla. Highlights
include a stateof-the-art
BIGD
auditorium with a
wall-to-wall screen
measuring 60 feet
wide and nearly
three stories tall, as
well as the circuit’s
second Ovation
Dining Club, an
upscale in-theater
dining experience
with lush leather
seating, swingaround
tables, a
wide selection of
premium beers
and wine, and full
restaurant-style
service. n The Alamo Drafthouse will launch its first El Paso location
at the upcoming Montecillo Town Center with nine digital screens
and has unveiled plans for a New Braunfels, Texas, location at the
Marketplace Shopping Center with 11 auditoriums. n Marcus Theatres
is adding the circuit’s 15th UltraScreen at the Gurnee Cinema
in Gurnee, Ill. Two of the theater’s 20 screens are being demolished to
make room for a 424-seat auditorium with a 72-by-31-foot screen and
Barco Auro 11.1 audio. n FunTime Cinemas, a specialty exhibitor
with three theaters in Pennsylvania, has converted its Kendig location
to digital cinema with the Christie Solaria One solution designed
especially for independent and community-owned theaters. * Ellis
Jacob, president and CEO of Cineplex Entertainment, and his family
have built a private cinema called the Jacob Family Theatre for the residents,
clients, families, and caregivers at the Baycrest Health Sciences
in Toronto in memory of his mother who resided there.
10 BoxOffice ® Pro The Business of Movies may 2013