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Bringing Movies to Main Street

Boxoffice Staff — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000

By Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association CinemaCon is one of my favorite moments of the year. It’s a time to celebrate theaters and the cinematic experience. It’s an opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues, exhibitors, studio representatives and creators—to hail everything we love about going to the movies. As community […]

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A Lasting Cultural and Economic Impact: MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin on the Role the Film Industry Plays on a Local and Global Level

Daniel Loria — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Having served at the helm of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) since 2018, Charles Rivkin is keenly aware of the current challenges and opportunities facing the entertainment industry. In this interview with Boxoffice Pro, the executive shares insights on his current projects and priorities with the MPA, as well as the industry’s lasting economic impact […]

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CinemaCon 2022: Interview with Charles Rivkin, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association

Daniel Loria — Tue, 03 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000

As the MPA celebrates its 100th anniversary, Boxoffice Pro speaks to Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin about the wider picture of international cinema recovery and key concerns of the MPA looking forward. 2020 was a crisis year for the industry, and 2021 is the year that kicked off the recovery: over $21 billion in global […]

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CinemaCon 2022: NATO’s John Fithian and MPA’s Charles Rivkin on Cinema’s Recovery

Boxoffice Staff — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:01:00 +0000

In advance of the 2022 edition of CinemaCon, NATO CEO and President John Fithian and MPA CEO and Chairman Charlie Rivkin spoke to Boxoffice Pro about the industry’s continued recovery and the priorities of exhibitors and distributors moving forward. This interview Has Been Edited and Condensed for Length and Clarity. Listen to the Full Interview […]

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Welcome Back: The Motion Picture Association Salutes Theatrical Exhibition’s Recovery from the Challenges of the Pandemic

Boxoffice Staff — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000

By Charlie Rivkin, Chairman and CEO, The Motion Picture Association The movies. Those two simple words open doors to some of my most treasured and powerful memories. Nearly every movie I have loved and enjoyed is inextricably connected to the theater where I first saw it, whether it was under the stars at a drive-in […]

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Global Outlook: Interview with Charles Rivkin, Chairman & CEO, Motion Picture Association

Daniel Loria — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:00:00 +0000

The entertainment industry has witnessed much change in this age of multinational mega-mergers, and the Motion Picture Association has been touched by those changes as well. Charles Rivkin has overseen some of them as the head of that industry association, most notably its rebranding from the Motion Picture Association of America to the more global […]

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CinemaCon 2019: Q&A with Charles Rivkin, Chairman & CEO, Motion Picture Association of America

Daniel Loria — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:00:15 +0000

We experienced a great year at the box office, both domestically and abroad, in 2018. What were your biggest takeaways from last year? The extraordinary box office results in 2018 are proof that in an ever-changing entertainment marketplace, theaters remain strong and competitive. When you think of all the new technologies and many different entertainment […]

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