The rebranded Fathom Entertainment, which has been gobbling up an increasing share of box office, has set special anniversary presentations of Clueless, Rocky IV, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Sound of Music, Sunset Boulevard and more for its annual Big Screen Classics series, following a bang with The Goonies in January for that film’s 40th anniversary.
Since Covid, repertory has exploded as a staple of theaters.
Films will be showcased with special introductions by cinema film critic and historian Leonard Maltin for the third year.
Ray Nutt, CEO of the specialty distributor, speaking at the annual exhibition conference CinemaCon in Las Vegas, said the company’s growth over the past two years is largely — nearly 60% — due to leveraging repertory films, calling them a “bedrock element of our content offerings.”
The Big Screen Classics lineup includes: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (June 15 and June 18); Clueless 30th Anniversary (June 29-30); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 50th Anniversary (July 13 and July 16); Sunset Boulevard 75th Anniversary (August 3-4); The Sound of Music 60th Anniversary (September 13-14 and September 17); Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago (Ultimate Director’s Cut) (November 5 and November 9)
Fathom, whose releases run from The Met Opera Live to The Chosen, is owned equally by the nation’s three largest theater chains (AMC, Regal and Cinemark) has been expanding from solely event cinema to longer runs and original films.
