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The Rise of J-Culture and Anime in Today’s Movie and Entertainment Industry

Anyone who is passionately involved in the industry is almost inevitably also a cineast, or at least close to it. The love for entertainment in the film and cinema industry is great. Hollywood continues to deliver the biggest blockbusters, especially in the western markets, but meanwhile Europe is g…

CGV Launches Combined Cinema + Streaming Subscription Scheme

Korean cinema major CGV is set to launch a combined cinema and streaming subscription service. The CGV PLUS (CGV+) service will enable audiences to consume movies and TV shows both in multiplexes and in their homes. The scheme is a partnership with Korean SVoD service TVING, which streams Korean and…
Secret Cinema - Moulin Rouge!

Secret Cinema Sale Set to Enable Expansion

London-based immersive cinema experience company Secret Cinema has been sold to US mobile ticketing platform TodayTix Group for a reported GBP £88 million (USD $100 million). The sale is set to enable the operation to expand internationally with permanent bases in London and Los Angeles. The deal wi…

15 Years of Celluloid Junkie

Today it is exactly 15 years since the first article was published on Celluloid Junkie, marking a decade-and-a-half that has seen the global cinema industry go through its biggest changes and face its greatest challenges ever. What started modestly as a blog (we still get called that; it’s OK)…
National Cinema Day at AMC - 2022

National Cinema Day Is Success Across UK and US

The National Cinema Day promotion on 3 September proved a major success on both sides of the Atlantic, where it racked up over 9.5 million admissions in the four participating markets: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Admissions for the US was 7.28 million t…
National Cinema Day - 2022

Why National Cinema Day Is a Big Deal for UK and US Movie Theatres

Cinemas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making a concerted effort to attract moviegoers back to cinemas with a one-day promotional Cinema Day on Saturday 3 September, when cinema tickets will be discounted to just USD $3/GBP £3 respectively. Such promotional days have been held before, both…
CGV Cinemas, South Korea

Korean Cinemas Profitable at Home But See Overseas Loss

The latest figures from Korea’s largest cinema operators highlights an uneven recovery across Asia but a slow return to profitability in their home market. While CJ CGV saw a year-on-year decrease for the second quarter of 2022, Lotte’s cinema operation returned to profit for the first t…
Universal's "Minions: The Rise of Gru"

CJ Exclusive: Russia’s Largest Cinema Chain Abandons Piracy Plans

Russia’s largest multiplex operator has abandoned plans to show Hollywood films by utilising a loophole of dubious copyright legality. United chain Kino Park and Formula Kino was getting ready to screen Universal Picture and Illumination’s “Minions: the Rise of Gru” as a ‘cinema product’. However, t…
Vue West End Reopening - Marquee and Exterior

Vue Creditors to Take Control of the Cinema Operator

Vue International is said to be close to an agreement that would see a significant proportion of its debt converted to an ownership stake by its largest credit holders. The third biggest cinema chain in the United Kingdom and Europe is said to be close to a GBP £1 billion (USD $1.182 billion) recapi…

Chinese $450m Cinema Merger Points to Recovery

Chinese cinema operator Hengdian Film and Television (known as HG Entertainment) looks set to become the country’s second largest operator, following a proposed Shanghai Xingyi Cinema. This is the first large-scale merger and acquisition in China since the start of the pandemic, and points to…
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