BOXOFFICE was founded in 1920 by Kansas City’s Ben Shlyen and for nearly 90 years has been reporting on the business of movies for the motion picture exhibition industry. Begun as a regional weekly under the name The Reel Journal, Shlyen quickly acquired other similar regional exhibition trade journals and in 1931 consolidated all his efforts under one banner with the publication of the national weekly trade journal Boxoffice. As the leading magazine devoted to film exhibition, Boxoffice was, and continues to be, an important source for movie, theatre and studio news. Boxoffice changed as the business changed and now, as the official magazine of the National Association of Theatre Owners, continues to inform and entertain. Soon, over 80 years of Boxoffice archives will be available online for movie fans and film professionals as Boxoffice continues to inform and entertain. You can read the latest issue of Boxoffice online by clicking here.