Indie filmmaker Bigfoot has an inside track to theater

How much money a movie makes at the box office isn't always an indicator of whether it will become a classic. Some of Hollywood's greatest films were financial flops that took years before they were fully embraced by audiences. From arguably the greatest film ever made, "Citizen Kane," to the cult hit "The Big Lebowski," these are the classic films that bombed at theaters.

In Redmond, Wash., a tiny 130-seat theater is barred from showing many new films due to  the clout of a nearby cineplex.

A trip to the movies can be a fun family outing, but if you miss part of the on-screen action, it’s a lot harder to enjoy the experience.

Edward Jay Epstein, The Hollywood Economist, has a good post on the economics of movies and television and how this has contributed to a role reversal:

Indian independent cinema has a whole section devoted to it at the tenth Zurich Film Festival. Despite doing well at international festivals, Indian indie films struggle to attract an audience in India. Two wannabe screenwriters Dulal and Mainak dream of making it big in Bollywood, India’s Hindi film industry based in Mumbai. They desperately try to pitch their concept to film producers without much success. Eventually they stumble upon the son of a film tycoon who commissions them to write a screenplay but there are strings attached.

The worldwide motion picture theater industry descends on Caesars Palace in Las Vegas today for the fourth annual CinemaCon, the official convention of NATO [National Association of Theater Owners] that runs through March 27.

Rentrak Corporation (RENT) released its review of the performance of different films on Sunday. It also announced worldwide figures for top-grossing films for the weekend, along with similar figures for the US market. Rentrak is a global media measurement company that covers the Entertainment, Television, and Video industries. It uses theatrical measurement services to come up with the estimated revenues for each film, and then makes a list of top ranking films.