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"1984" National Screening Day 4 April.

CJ Cinema News Digest – Wednesday 22 February 2017

“1984” US cinema protest, Landmark <3 recliners, not VR & laser, CNC flexible on windows, Lotte in missile trouble and launches VIP coupons, UCI Italy ‘blind date’ ticket, Secret Cinema oyster poisoning, iPic $250 champagne, man eats trout in cinema, Italian cinema mol…

IMAX VR centre Los Angeles

CJ Opinion: Is VR for Cinema Overhyped?

Is virtual reality (VR) the saviour or a nail in the coffin for traditional cinema going? That depends on who you talk to or what you read recently. Efforts to launch VR as a symbiotic companion to the cinema experience are gathering force, just as questions are being raised about the viability and…

Imagine Entertainment coming to Grosse Pointe. (photo: Gary Malaria / Free Press)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Tuesday 21 February 2017

USA: Emagine War Memorial, Alamo Springfield, Portland airport cinema Indonesia: airport cinema too UK: Cineworld Liverpool, Qatar: FLIK Lagoona Holland: Kinepolis’ 2nd new multiplex Iraq: Basra cinema Germany: Wolf Kino in Berlin Poland: Helios Wolominie Russia: Cinema with glass done (!) Jap…

Marie-Laure Couderc, CEO of C2L (photo: 78actu)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 20 February 2017

C2L CEO puts small-town cinemas in focus, Follow’s film recoupment overview, ICTA LA seminar, recliners for MJR and Rome cinemas, Film2 on-demand service in Spain, “Fifty Shades” wanker arrested, “Chicago” immersive cinema and vintage mobile cinema ‘Audrey’.…

European films 2016 (image: Google)

Cinema Going Was Up in Europe in 2016

While the film screened there don’t contribute significantly to the European box office, the just concluded Berlin Film Festival is the occasion for publishing provisional statistics on the past year’s cinema attendance across Europe. No less than three trade bodies issued their data for…

ICTA Cinema(s) of the Year Nominations Open

EUROPEAN OFFICE, February 17th, 2017 22nd ICTA Seminar Series Barcelona Sunday, June 18th – Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 Dear ICTA Member, Again we are going to allocate three different types of award this year: A. Classic Screen of the Year (traditional cinemas, built before 1995) B. New Build Sc…

CGV's Velvet Class cinema in Indonesia 'scandalizes' Deputy Mayor. (photo: Facebook)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 17 February 2017

CGV’s bed cinema banned, Malaysian state allows cinemas, CGV & Lotte escape fines, Fithian says cinema is not dead, EclairColor cinema reviewed, AMC goes alcoholic for “Fifty Shades”, Secret Cinema “Moulin Rouge”, pop-up Tarantino cinema & bar, Glastonbury luxur…

CJ China Cinema News – Thursday 16 February 2017

“La La Land” can’t save Spring Festival BO, January BO up but fraud returns, Nomura analyst bullish (again), pessimism about Tier 2&3 cities, Wanda’s Shimao deal shrinks as January smiles, Jinyi and Imax to launch VR halls, summer season out of favour, movie ticket revenu…

Al Salaam Mall, Jeddah

CJ Cinema News Digest – Wednesday 15 February 2017

Cinemas planned for Saudi Arabia, CGV grows & grows in Vietnam, more UK cinema ticket price cuts, Cineplex production thoughts, India 5% GST plea, dying Swiss single screens, KNCC profits fall, 50 Shades cucumber finds, Bondi cinema evacuation, Vue comfy seats in Newcastle and for UCI in Brazil,…

August Moon drive-in experience cinema in Nashville. (image: artist's rendering)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Tuesday 14 February 2017

USA: indoor drive-in UK: Showcase & Odeon flagships in South England S.Korea: Small cinemas Brazil: Cinesystem’s 1st all-laser multiplex in S.America Re-furb/opening: Santa Barbara’s Riviera, Paris’ Les 3 Luxembourg, Cineplex Capitol Kino in Kassel, Erlangen Manhattan VIP, Mumb…