Movie theater ticketing software for US cinemas

US independents usually end up in one of three places: a POS vendor's bundled website, an all-in-one system like Filmbot that charges per ticket, or a marketing bundle such as Boxoffice Company's Boost. Across our whole crawl, 8% of cinema sites sent buyers only to a marketplace such as Fandango, Ticketmaster or movietickets.com, handing the customer relationship to someone else.

Filmgrail is the fourth option: a moviegoer platform you own, running on the POS you keep. We read films, showtimes, seat maps and prices from Veezi, AgileTix, RTS, Omniterm, POSitive or Vista and write each sale back, so the concession stand and your reports stay exactly as they are. Compare for yourself: Filmgrail vs The Boxoffice Company, Filmgrail vs Filmbot, Veezi alternatives, AgileTix alternatives, RTS alternatives and Omniterm alternatives.

US and Canada box office was $8.66bn in 2025, and Cinema United says it represents 31,000 screens across the two countries (see our cinema industry statistics). The competition is concentrated: AMC Entertainment runs 9,530 screens worldwide and Cinemark 5,620, with Marcus Theatres at 985 and B&B Theatres at 564 (see the largest cinema chains).

The number that matters most for an independent is this one: loyalty subscriptions in North America rose 15% between 2024 and 2025, according to Cinema United. Regulars want a membership, an app and a reason to come back on a Tuesday. That is exactly what Filmgrail's loyalty, push and Insights are for.

American buyers expect cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay at checkout, and gift cards at the holidays. We integrate your payment provider rather than forcing ours on you.

Classic Cinemas runs around sixteen theaters in the Chicago area on Filmgrail: restored historic houses such as the Tivoli, the Paramount, the Lake, the York and the Lindo alongside modern recliner multiplexes, with website, online ticketing and CMS on one platform, and circuit-wide features such as the Classic Rewards loyalty programme presented consistently across every theater. It is the answer to anyone who thinks a platform built in Norway cannot serve American moviegoers.

The same platform runs Wallis Cinemas in Australia and Ster-Kinekor in South Africa.

Many American festivals sell on Eventive, whose platform is free but charges 5% + $0.99 per paid ticket. Filmgrail's festival platform is a flat fee instead, about $5,000 a year for a mid-size festival, with a festival website, branded apps, passes, sections and industry accreditation. See Filmgrail vs Eventive.

Cinema United runs CinemaCon in Las Vegas and a Fall Summit; independents gather at Art House Convergence. We list 33 cinema industry events in the United States, from regional theater owner conventions to drive-in meetings.

Pricing is published and flat: from $200 a year for a single screen to $20,000 a year for a large circuit, per screen, with no per-ticket fees (see pricing). A mid-size film festival pays about $5,000 a year. If we already integrate your box office and payment provider you can be live in a few weeks; a provider we have not connected before takes about a month.

See your own cinema on it before you talk to anyone: the free cinema website prototype builds a version of your site from its current address. Then book a demo against your real programme.