CinemaCon: Theater President Proclaims 2015 “Year of Women” at Box Office

Female moviegoers are driving a much-needed boom at the box office, as actresses — still woefully underrepresented in terms of playing leading roles — are suddenly getting a “little more of the limelight,” said National Association of Theatre Owners president/CEO John Fithian Tuesday in his state-of-the-industry speech at CinemaCon. “2015 will rock at the box office because it will be the year of women,” Fithian told theater owners gathered in Las Vegas for their annual convention. Read More…