IND/EX 2026: Big Theatre Chains Have Customers. Independent Cinemas Have Communities.
International Box Office Recovery Accelerates as Local Films Gain Ground
How the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta Is Putting the Island on the Map for Filmmakers
Social Media, Fandom and the Hard Question of Conversion
Micro Cinemas, Major Impact: How Grassroots Exhibitors are Rebuilding Film Culture
At a time when traditional distribution remains under pressure, micro cinemas and independent exhibition spaces may be offering one of the most concrete answers to the question of how films can still find committed, physically present audiences. That was the central argument emerging from the Cannes…
UNIC Reports European Box Office Held Near €6.9 Billion in 2025, But Admissions Tell a More Complicated Story
European cinemas spent much of 2025 proving a point that has become familiar in the post-pandemic theatrical business: audiences show up when the films are there. The harder question, and the one the International Union of Cinemas’s (UNIC) 2026 Annual Report keeps circling back to, is whether…
Disney’s Andrew Cripps Says Infinity Vision Is More Marketing Program Than Certification Scheme
Speaking at ICTA’s Cinema Technology Experience in Barcelona on the eve of CineEurope, Disney’s head of global theatrical distribution offered the clearest public explanation yet of Infinity Vision — and confirmed that several key details are still being worked out. When Andrew Cripps, H…
Global Cinema Attendance Inches Up, But the Recovery Belongs to Asia, Says the Latest FOCUS Report
The global theatrical market continued its uneven recovery in 2025, with Asia emerging as the main engine of growth and Japan standing out as one of the few major territories to surpass its pre-pandemic attendance levels. That was the central message from the launch of the 2026 edition of FOCUS – Wo…
UKCA 2026 Conference: Box Office Optimism, Engaging Gen Z, and Leveraging the Power of Community
At the UK Cinema Association’s annual conference – which took place in May 2026 at the Vue London Westfield, Shepherd’s Bush – the mood was cautiously optimistic over the two days of talks, perhaps boosted by the buoyant reaction out of CinemaCon in Las Vegas a month earlier. The current box office…
Sony Pictures Entertainment to Reopen Iconic Cinerama Dome, Securing a New Future for a Hollywood Landmark
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results, Delivering the Highest Quarterly Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA in Its 106-Year History
Sia: Nostalgic for the Present
