Why America’s Small One-Screen Movie Theatres May Be A Thing Of The Past

“According to the Motion Picture Association of America, at the end of 2012, 84 percent of U.S. movie theater screens were digital. Starting this winter, it will become essentially impossible for the remaining theaters to find first-run films from major studios on 35mm, meaning they’ll have to settle for showing older or independent films that won’t bring in enough traffic to remain profitable.”