WHAT WE DO
Theatre Booking Services (“TBS”), and its independent theatre partners, are part of one of the most recognizable industries in the world…
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Our Product is a motion picture, the world’s greatest storytelling medium
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Our Partners are independent theatres owned and operated by private companies, city governments, public school districts, colleges and universities, and community-owned non-profit organizations
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Our Job is to provide professional film buying services that acquires content from Hollywood studios and brings it to their screens
Each week since 1975, we have intelligently put our industry experience to work reviewing all available content, scrutinizing projected boxoffice expectations and researching comparable titles for each theatre, in order to book content that will deliver maximum revenue opportunities to our partners.
We are always strong advocates for independent theatre owners, negotiating the best possible scheduling and business terms with film distributors and providing our partners with advisory services.
OUR MISSION
We understand the best thing we can do to make sure our partners and their communities continue to thrive, is help them generate strong financial performance…even not-for-profit organizations need to generate revenue.
We believe our relationship with independent theatre owners is a partnership, and doing our part means providing our clients with the best content available, at the best terms available; and sharing insights, information, analysis and data in support of them operating a successful and consumer-relevant business. We are guided by four principles: work together, encourage each other, communicate regularly, and have fun!
OUR INDUSTRY
TBS and our independent theatre partners are part of one of the world's greatest and most recognizable industries. Our product is the motion picture—the world's most powerful storytelling medium. And unlike just about any other business, we get an entirely new lineup of products to sell every single week. Not a bad business to be in.
And the numbers are giving us plenty of reasons to be optimistic.
Year-to-date box office is running a healthy +20% ahead of last year, the industry has recovered to within 6% of 2019, we're tracking 5% ahead of the pace needed to reach $10 billion, and the rolling 12-month box office now stands at an impressive $10.1 billion.
The hits keep coming. Spider-Man: New Day has topped $958 million, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the #1 domestic box office champion of all time. The Odyssey has generated more than $625 million, making it the second-highest-grossing R-rated film in history. Meanwhile, horror continues its remarkable run. Historically accounting for roughly 10% of the box office, the genre is now commanding 16%....clearly, being terrified in a dark room with a bunch of strangers is becoming an increasingly popular pastime.
And there's plenty more on the way.
The fourth-quarter outlook is strong, with analysts projecting growth of as much as 14% over last year. With titles like The Cat in the Hat, Ebenezer, The Hunger Games: Sunrise, Focker-in-Law, Hexed, Avengers: Doomsday, Dune 3, and Jumanji: Open World, that certainly seems achievable. Add a terrific lineup of smaller films, including How to Rob a Bank, Drummer Boy, and Zero A.D., and we've got the ingredients for a very strong finish to the year.
Perhaps most encouraging is the increasingly diverse mix of films finding an audience. Big-budget spectacles, horror, comedies, faith-based films, and smaller independent releases are all demonstrating that moviegoers will show up when we give them something worth leaving the couch for.
Turns out audiences appreciate good movies, regardless of genre. Imagine that! The recovery is real.
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WHO WE ARE
About Us
TBS has been providing professional film buying and advisory services to independent theatre owners since 1975. We recognize and take seriously the important role our partner’s theatre plays in contributing to the livelihood of their community and family.
For guests attending independently owned theatres, the experience is about MORE than just the movie, it represents an audience full of neighbors and friends, showing up every Saturday night, even if they aren’t especially excited about what’s on screen; sure, the movie is important, but an evening-out at these theatres represents so much more.
Our Leadership
Frank Rash, President. Frank has over 30 years of industry experience, including 25 years with AMC Entertainment, serving the last 10 years on the Senior Leadership Team, heading-up Marketing, National Sales, Strategic Development and Partnerships.
During his tenure at AMC, Frank was the co-architect responsible for the creation and oversight of several high-profile, industry-changing initiatives, including Movietickets.com, Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), National CineMedia (NCM), Fathom Events, Open Road Films, Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) and the world’s largest IMAX joint venture.
Frank’s experiences also include serving as Chief Operating Officer for several innovative and award- winning digital technology companies. Frank earned an MBA and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of South Dakota.
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“Great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
We are big believers in working with the best companies, organizations and people. Collaboration gets things done by providing speed to market, access to customers, intellectual property, and overall brain power.
Theatre Booking Services
Leawood, Kansas
