CJ Analysis: Cinema Is Back! But With Some Major Changes.
It’s been a very long time since anyone in the cinema business has been in a rush to look at box office figures. The habitual daily check came to a bit of a grinding halt last year and for a…
CJ Cinema Summit: Industry Leaders Share Optimism as European Cinema Reopen
There have been many recurring guest speakers during the past 37 CJ Cinema Summits. UNIC’s Laura Houlgatte, Warner Bros.’ Andrew Cripps and VUE’s Tim Richards are no strangers to the CJ stage, and on Thursday provided valuable insights into the…
Cinema Trade Shows Are Back… But Will The Industry Turn Up?
Eight months ago Celluloid Junkie explored the impact that the lack of trade shows would have on the cinema business. We speculated that it could be an entire 18 months that the business would have to do without an international…
A Cinema Superpower: China, One Year On
It’s a little over a year since the World changed forever. The Covid 19 pandemic, originating in China, would force the closure of all of their cinemas creating a domino effect that would see the cinema industry come to a…
The UK Cinema Industry in 2020 – A Year to Learn From
It is quite revealing as to the state of the year when a third of the top 10 films of 2020 were in fact released in 2019. But 2020 was far from normal, as the latest annual summary from Comscore…
CJ Review: Savantis’ Intelligent Entertainment Suite
Savantis is a new player to the cinema industry, starting their project in Summer 2018. With a goal to help cinemas upgrade their technology solution so they can adapt to a rapidly changing ecosystem, they have built a suite of…
The Storm Before the Calm: European Cinemas Buoyed by Local Films Pre-Lockdown
For European exhibitors in November 2020, there is a sense of deja-vu. “Lockdown 2 – The Sequel”. Not playing in a cinema near you. In response to rising coronavirus cases, Europe is once again closed for business. Gower Street reports…
Mission Impossible? Opening a Cinema in a Global Pandemic
Anyone who has ever opened a cinema before will know that it’s not the easiest – or quickest – of things to do. Even on a smooth ride there are a multitude of complex moving parts. Opening a cinema during…
Box Office Success and the New Normal: Looking Beyond the Numbers
Last Wednesday I attended a 1:00 pm showing of “Tenet” on its opening day in one of London’s biggest multiplexes. I think it was a “sell out” – it certainly looked pretty full – but I genuinely have no idea….
We’re All Grounded: The Impact of a Lack of Trade Shows on the Cinema Business
I squinted at my phone at 6:00 am on the 12th of March. “Did you see that they cancelled CinemaCon as well as all flights to and from Mainland Europe?” read the text. The news had broken overnight (for those…