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Ray Nutt, nan main executive of replacement theatrical supplier Fathom Entertainment for nan past 9 years, plans to measurement down and discontinue this fall.
He will actively assistance nan committee successful a hunt for his replacement and activity to guarantee a soft activity modulation for nan institution he said “stands astatine nan precipice of a terrific caller section successful its maturation and evolution.”
Fathom has an different ownership building pinch co-equal stakes held by nan world’s 3 largest theatrical operators, AMC Entertainment, Regal Cineworld and Cinemark. Previously called Fathom Events, it rebranded to Fathom Entertainment successful 2025 to amended bespeak its expanding slate.
The CEOs of each 3 chains praised Nutt’s activity of Fathom, which useful pinch different distributors, producers and studios connected arena programming successful theaters from The Chosen to smash rereleases of Coraline and The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy to The Met Opera Live bid Fathom often delivers a invited other boost to a analyzable nan container agency scenery and often sees its releases deed nan apical 10 connected immoderate fixed weekend.
Nutt’s longtime activity “has delivered meaningful benefits to AMC, nan broader theatrical accumulation industry, and, astir importantly, moviegoers nationwide. Under his direction, Fathom has further strengthened its position arsenic nan starring unit successful replacement theatrical experiences, broadening nan scope of contented disposable to AMC guests. I americium grateful for his partnership,” said AMC main Adam Aron.
Eduardo Acuna, CEO of Regal Cineworld, called Nutt “an exceptional leader” who guided Fathom to go a existent innovator successful theatrical distribution that has expanding assemblage expectations of nan large screen.”
And Cinemark’s Sean Gamble said Nutt “has played an important domiciled successful bringing a wide scope of non-traditional stories and events to movie theaters. His activity astatine Fathom helped steer a valuable portion of nan manufacture ecosystem, expanding opportunities to acquisition replacement programming connected nan large surface and connecting theaters pinch caller and divers audiences.”
Nutt joined Fathom arsenic CEO successful 2017 aft antecedently serving connected nan company’s committee and arsenic SVP of Business Relations at Regal.
