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Plan the week across every hall
The Filmgrail planning tool is cinema scheduling software: it lays out the week's programme across every screen and publishes the showtimes to your website, app and listings in one step. An automated planning tool for cinema scheduling and administration — from laying out the programme to publishing it on web and app in one move.
Tailored to how cinemas actually plan
Comprehensive
One place for the whole cycle — scheduling, administration, forms and follow-up — instead of a spreadsheet plus four inboxes.
Intuitive interface
Organised project segments and shared folders for the blocks and tasks you repeat every week.
Automation
Movie importing and updating happens automatically, removing the manual re-keying that eats a planner’s week.
Detailed reporting
Accurate, repeatable reports on new films and completed forms, so nothing is tracked on memory.
Role-based access
Different access levels and restrictions per role, giving you real control over who sees and changes what.
Publish everywhere
The finished schedule goes live on the website and in both apps at once.
Priced by screens, from $200 a year for a single screen to $20,000 for a large circuit. Scheduling publishes straight to the website and apps on the same platform.
A flat annual price with no per-ticket fee and no percentage of your sales. A record year costs nothing extra.
A few weeks if we already integrate your box office and payment provider; about a month for a new one.
From plan to published programme
Programming decisions have a short shelf life. The value of a planning tool is not the grid — it is how fast a change in the grid becomes a change on the site, in the app and in the push campaign.
Because planning, CMS, web and apps are one platform, that path is a single step.
Frequently asked questions
What is a cinema planning tool?
Software that lets a cinema lay out its programme across halls and days, track the administrative tasks attached to each screening, and publish the finished schedule to its public channels. Filmgrail’s planning tool adds automated movie imports, role-based access and reporting on top.
Does it replace my theatre management system?
It handles programming, scheduling and the administration around them, and publishes the result to web and app. It integrates with your ticketing and back-office systems rather than replacing your POS.
What is the best software for scheduling movie theaters?
Most cinemas schedule inside their box office system — Vista, Veezi, Admit One, Compeso and others all include programming. A separate planning tool adds a visual week across every screen, holdover and clearance awareness, and one-step publishing to the website and app. The right choice depends on how many screens you run and how often the programme changes.
How much does the planning tool cost?
Filmgrail is priced by screens: one flat annual price from $200 a year for a single screen to $20,000 a year for a large circuit, with no per-ticket fees and no share of your sales. A mid-size film festival pays about $5,000 a year. Card fees go to your own payment provider. Scheduling publishes straight to the website and apps on the same platform. Full details on the pricing page.
How long does it take to go live?
A few weeks when we already integrate your box office and payment provider; about a month when we need to build a new integration.
You do not have to replace your box office
Filmgrail reads your programme, seat maps, ticket types and pricing from the system you already run, and writes the completed sale back so your reporting stays whole.
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