4 July 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
The nation's multiplexes are providing less variety to patrons than they once did and are instead running fewer movies on more screens, Chicago Tribune entertainment columnist Mark Caro observed today (Friday). He noted, for example, that while Chicago's River East multiplex boasts 21 screens, it is showing only 12 movies; another Chicago multiplex, 600 No. Michigan, is showing 13 movies on 30 screens. Caro comments,"And you wonder why movies don't hang around so long: It's because theater chains would rather overload their screens with the current 'greatest hits' than offer a wider selection of movies that actually might require some positive word-of-mouth."
