From the President’s Desk
It’s Ratings Awareness Month, and John Fithian ponders how America perceives the entertainment industry.

Dateline: Exhibition
An all-Wisconsin edition describes personnel changes within Marcus Theatres and a new Fitchburg 14-plex for AGT Enterprises.

Digital Cinema
Plans are afoot to equip within months every cinema in the Irish Republic with Hollywood-friendly digital projectors.

July Preview
A 5-Friday July brings “Bad News Bears,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Fantastic Four,” “The Island” and much more. Also, Late Additions to June.

Next!
Box office success for “Spider-Man 2” and its ilk has unleashed the biggest slate of comic-book movies in history.

Built By Association
Mid-States NATO executive director Belinda Judson reminds readers that enforcement is key to keeping the rating system voluntary.

Legislative Update
President Bush signed into law the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, which protects exhibs who might detain movie thieves.

Counsel’s Column
NATO government affairs director
G. Kendrick Macdowell mulls the future of theatrical-to-DVD release windows.

Washington Report
OSHA officials periodically pay visits to cinemas, and Steven John Fellman discusses how to prepare.

Release Calendar
Coming movies ordered by date of bow. Updated weekly.

Events
A calendar of industry happenings.

How They Rate
Why films are classified as they are.

New NATO Members
Exhibitors who joined up.

Cash Drawer
Movies ranked by gross. Updated weekly. For weekend box office click here.

Index to Advertisers
A list of advertisers in this month's print edition of In Focus.

Celebrating Ratings
June is Ratings Awareness Month, and we mark the occasion by interviewing the head of the Classification and Rating Administration.