‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘Joker 2’ and More Fall Movies Aim to Sustain Summer’s Box Office Momentum

Cinema operator Rick Roman, who runs Crowne Point Theatre in Elizabethtown, Ky., thinks of multiplexes like buffets. “You can’t just have a main course,” he says. “You need salads and desserts too.” With his culinary metaphor, Roman is suggesting that cinemas need a little of everything on their marquees to thrive. As it happens, he […]