32 Quotes by John Fithian

This will be a more optimistic convention. The tide has turned.

When you have slumps, there is a discordant amount of harping. When things are up, you don't hear a peep.

We've had several years of prototype equipment. What we haven't had is fully integrated systems. That's what needs to be tested to make sure files can flow correctly and the pieces all work together.

The reason movies are released in this sequential pattern is to maximize profit for makers.

The structure of the industry is sound, ... We just need a few more good movies.

After years of planning, developing technical specifications and considering business models, the digital-cinema revolution begins in 2006. All of those three components have come together, and deals are being negotiated now between theater companies and equipment and financial entities. It will take several years for this transition to occur, but 2006 certainly marks the beginning of the transition.

This is something that drives us nuts. When Wal-Mart starts putting up signs a month and a half or two months into the movie's run, that just kind of tells the consumer: 'Wait -- it's coming.

They go to the movies to escape their houses, ... and they like to escape their healthy diets too.

They're not terrible; they're just not as good. And so the industry has experienced a temporary drop-off compared to 2004, the biggest box office year in movie history.