WHAT WE DO
Theatre Booking Services (“TBS”), and its independent theatre partners, are part of one of the most recognizable industries in the world…
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Our Product is a motion picture, the world’s greatest storytelling medium
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Our Partners are independent theatres owned and operated by private companies, city governments, public school districts, colleges and universities, and community-owned non-profit organizations
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Our Job is to provide professional film buying services that acquires content from Hollywood studios and brings it to their screens
Each week since 1975, we have intelligently put our industry experience to work reviewing all available content, scrutinizing projected boxoffice expectations and researching comparable titles for each theatre, in order to book content that will deliver maximum revenue opportunities to our partners.
We are always strong advocates for independent theatre owners, negotiating the best possible scheduling and business terms with film distributors and providing our partners with advisory services.
OUR MISSION
We understand the best thing we can do to make sure our partners and their communities continue to thrive, is help them generate strong financial performance…even not-for-profit organizations need to generate revenue.
We believe our relationship with independent theatre owners is a partnership, and doing our part means providing our clients with the best content available, at the best terms available; and sharing insights, information, analysis and data in support of them operating a successful and consumer-relevant business. We are guided by four principles: work together, encourage each other, communicate regularly, and have fun!
OUR INDUSTRY
TBS, and its independent theatre partners, are part of one of the greatest, most recognizable industries in the world. Our product is a motion picture, the world’s greatest storytelling medium, and it changes every week.
The main headline is we closed out 2023 topping the $9B watermark; yes, we still fell 20% short of matching 2019 (the last pre-Covid year and the 2nd all-time highest grossing year) but since 2020 we have averaged an incredible 60% annual post-Covid recovery growth rate.
The sub-headline is how the diversity of content in 2023 drove that $9B in boxoffice revenue; unlike years past, it was NOT superheroes or Star Wars or franchise films that saved us, it was original scripts, telling fresh and entertaining stories…A Man Called Otto, Super Mario Bros, Sound of Freedom, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon; oh, and let’s not forget the Taylor Swift Concert phenomenon; these 7 titles accounted for ~25% of the 2023 boxoffice.
This year the industry was off to a bit of a wobbly start, but with a super slate of titles in June and July, has now pulled to within 72% attainment of 2019. The number of wide release titles remains flat versus last year and unfortunately still down -24% compared to 2019.
Looking to Q3’24, key titles to keep an eye on include, Twisters, Deadpool & Wolverine, Ends With Us, Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Transformers One, Wild Robot, and Horizon: American Saga 2. Other titles that have potential to provide us with an additional boost include, Reagan, Trap, and Blink Twice.
As a result of last year's writer's strike, we continue to be haunted by the lack of wide release titles, as a result expectations for ending the year at $8.5B remain unchanged, delaying the return to pre-Covid boxoffice levels until 2025.
2023 GLOBAL MARKET SHARE
2024 ESTIMATED NORTH AMERICAN BOXOFFICE
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YTD WIDE RELEASE TITLES
IMPORTANT INDUSTRY RESOURCES
WHO WE ARE
About Us
TBS has been providing professional film buying and advisory services to independent theatre owners since 1975. We recognize and take seriously the important role our partner’s theatre plays in contributing to the livelihood of their community and family.
For guests attending independently owned theatres, the experience is about MORE than just the movie, it represents an audience full of neighbors and friends, showing up every Saturday night, even if they aren’t especially excited about what’s on screen; sure, the movie is important, but an evening-out at these theatres represents so much more.
Our Leadership
Frank Rash, President. Frank has over 30 years of industry experience, including 25 years with AMC Entertainment, serving the last 10 years on the Senior Leadership Team, heading-up Marketing, National Sales, Strategic Development and Partnerships.
During his tenure at AMC, Frank was the co-architect responsible for the creation and oversight of several high-profile, industry-changing initiatives, including Movietickets.com, Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), National CineMedia (NCM), Fathom Events, Open Road Films, Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) and the world’s largest IMAX joint venture.
Frank’s experiences also include serving as Chief Operating Officer for several innovative and award- winning digital technology companies. Frank earned an MBA and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of South Dakota.
LET'S VISIT
“Great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
We are big believers in working with the best companies, organizations and people. Collaboration gets things done by providing speed to market, access to customers, intellectual property, and overall brain power.
Theatre Booking Services
Leawood, Kansas
