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CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 14 March 2016

Screening Room cinema in the home, Cineworld results, UAE grows, India price cap stand off, PVR and Inox go with Paytm, Cineworld manager convicted, Carmine's Wynnsong joins Project Shield, best popcorn reviewed, 4DX in NYC, Cineworld in Hounslow, Lotte in Hong Kong, Eroll Flynn grows, and Walk of L…

China Box Office Fraud – Too Big To Ignore

Major box office fraud appears to be behind the success of martial arts blockbuster "Ip Man 3" with Chinese media and authorities finally tackling the well known problem.

CJ Cinema Digest – Wednesday 9 March 2016

PVR hits 500 screens, Odeon goes Limitless, French record February, missing Uruguayan audiences, Imagine Lightvibed Dragons, bomb hoaxes and cops in cinemas, Kirkuk cinema hope and Gold Class.

The Problem With India’s Multiplex Ticket Caps

Multiplex tickets in south India will be capped at INR 120 ($1.78) to delight of audiences but could inadvertently hurt local films and push cinemas out of business.

Metrograph

CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 4 March 2016

NYT goes repertory cinema, Ourscreen gets Vue, Israeli screen growth, "Deadpool" age-controversy in Germany, Europe's first VR cinema, 4DX warning in Japan, "Pattaya" and "Wolves" de-programmed in in France, "28 Days Later" for Secret Cinema, defibrillators, 'sleeping bag cinema' in Japan, hope for…

AMC Acquires Carmike Cinemas

CJ Analysis: AMC To Buy Carmike For $1.1 Billion (As Russia’s Largest Cinemas Merge)

AMC has agreed to buy Carmike for $1.1bn, which will create the first global 10,000 screen circuit through parent company Wanda, same day as Russia's largest cinema chains merge ownership.

Movio cinema clusters

Movio Knows What Women Want (in Cinema)

Movio is the data analytics company that understands movie going pattern based on analysis of vast amounts of cinema data. This is what they found for an under-served audience.

CJ Cinema Digest – Tuesday 1 March 2016

Picturehouse pays off VPF; Q4 results from Imax, Regal & NCM; Norway tickets north of NOK 100; Prima goes Europe; Helios joins Ymagis' network; Ymagis brings lasers to Morocco; Hollywood Megaplex goes big in Linz; Cinépolis in Texas; third multiplex in Tallin; French foodies cinemas and more.

Helios kino

CJ Cinema Digest – Tuesday 23 February 2016

Could Poland's Helios make an attractive acquisition target, Carnival's secret strategy for India revealed, Imax expands in France with Pathe and in UK (with everyone?), Movio-Vue partner for analytics

Star Wars queue

The Myth of the Opening Weekend as a Key Performance Indicator

Gruvi's Ben Johnson crunches the numbers to show that the opening weekend box office focus can be over-stated in terms of judging a film's long term success.