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By patrick

1939 Hollywood top movies collage (image: Celluloid Junkie)

CJ Opinion: How 1939 Can Once Again Save Hollywood

This past weekend was yet another dismal failure at the North American boxoffice with revenues off a staggering 45% versus the same week last year. The remainder of August also looks bleak and may not improve until the fall when the plethora of titles vying for Academy votes descend upon multiplexes…
Cineworld share price 25 weeks August 2017. (image: Google Finance)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 8 August 2017

Cineworld shares high, Cinemark poor Q2, Picturehouse strike again, Bollywood bottleneck, GST+entertainment tax, Multiline goes VR with Samsung, CineStar heart attack, Adele goes to cinema with Grendel kids. UK – While share prices of US cinema companies continue to be down significantly (NCM…
Tiffany Webb, left, and Ricardo Montanez Blalock, former Studio Movie Grill staff. (photo: police files)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 4 August 2017

Credit card fraud at Studio Movie Grill, AMC responds to falling share price, Vietnam object to China island cinema, Emoji self pleasuring, Dileep D Cinemaas controversy, “Dunkirk” screening fire, Korea power outage, Picturehouse welcomes pooches. USA (GA) – An alleged credit card…
Warren Buffett, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, drinks a Cherry Coca-Cola as he tours the exhibition floor prior to the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Buffett, the Wall Street critic who invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said he supports the bank's Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein '100 percent' after the firm was sued by regulators for fraud. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

CJ Opinion: Should Warren Buffett Buy Regal Cinemas?

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful,” is one of Warren Buffet’s most famous maxims. It is this strategy combined with shrewd analysis and long-term thinking that has made the ‘Sage of Omaha’ one of the world’s greatest investors a…
Union Square at The Lexicon. (image: artist's impression)

CJ Cinema Property Update (UK) – Wednesday 2 August 2017

Cineworld 12 screens in Bracknell and Monks Cross in York 2019; The Light new Dundee Wellgate plans; Grantham now five screens only; Havefordwest plans approved; Odeon Merry Hill move plan; Empire Sutton refurb plans; Reel Burnely September opening; Rio £40K grant. New York’s hip Metrograph is…
Rotten Tomatoes logo

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 1 August 2017

Rotten Tomatoes squashed, AMC keeps Uptown sign, Irish cinema gives ‘F’ rating, Palace domiates Aussie festivals, film poster emotions analysed, what food you can take into UK cinemas, travellers disrupt cinema, Indian clashes over Gandhi film, Sydney’s Event Cinema flooded and cin…
Regal Cinema 12 Henderson

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 28 July 2017

Earnings: Regal, Imax, PVR and Inox. Cinepolis India 600 by 2022, Montreal’s Cinéma Impérial loses power, “Battleship Island” on 50 ScreenX, “Okja” 300K admissions, German cine ads up 36.5% 1H’17, Tyneside Cinema CEO steps down, Rieu record redux, Hammer House of…
Shengjia International Studios

CJ China Cinema News – Thursday 27 July 2017

China 45K screens, Dadi goes Tier 3-5, Alibaba increase Tao Piao Piao stake, ticket platforms battle, no growth Tier 1&2, H1 mixed report, “bottleneck period”, local films under-perform, Imax 7 screens with Bestar, Shengjia International Studios interview, 24h automated private cinem…
Clare Turner, Pearl and Dean (UK), Jill Jones, Mister Smith Entertainment Anna Marsh, StudioCanal at CineEurope 'Women in Cinema' panel. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski - Celluloid Junkie)

CJ @ CineEurope – ‘Women in Cinema’ panel

Celluloid Junkie recaps the main conference sessions at this years CineEurope for the benefit of those unable to attend or who did but want to jog their memories. As always, our transcription sometimes abbreviate to captures the gist of what was said, rather than…..hmmm…ahhh….you k…
Cinepolis luxury recliners coming to Maryland. (photo: Cinepolis)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 26 July 2017

USA: Cinepolis in Maryland, SF Macy’s becomes cinema, Stone Theatres in Indian Land ESTONIA: Cinamon in Tallin UK: Cineworld Plymouth one-floor, Lewisham goes boutique, The Light Blackpool, The Light Aberdeen, Vue Bromley SRI LANKA: Softlogic Odel Mega Mall CLOSING: CineStar Dortmiund 10-year…

Industry Briefs

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    Cineplex Names Bill Walker CEO as Board Explores a Sale

    Sep 23, 2026
  • Lumma - Cinemark Abasto Shopping - 4D E-Motion

    Immersive Cinema Goes Global… and Local

    Sep 23, 2026
  • The Opening Ceremony at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025 on December 04, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    RSIFF Pauses as the Middle East Festival Calendar Changes

    Sep 23, 2026
  • Paramount Warner Bros. Merger - Antitrust Settlement

    Paramount-Warner’s Protections for Movie Theatres Come With an Expiration Date

    Sep 23, 2026
  • Manon will be a part of the 20th season of The Met: Live In HD

    The Met: Live in HD Marks 20 Years as Event Cinema’s Original Blockbuster

    Sep 13, 2026
  • Netflix In Cinemas

    Netflix Will Begin Reporting Box Office Grosses for Six Theatrical Releases

    Sep 13, 2026
  • Regal Cinemas

    Regal, IFTA and CNC Will Test Whether Better Programming Can Boost Cinema Attendance

    Sep 13, 2026
  • Lumière Summit 2026 Group Photo - Emmanuel Macron and Lee Jae-myung

    Lumière Summit Puts Theatrical Exhibition on Global Cinema Agenda

    Sep 13, 2026

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