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.
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…
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 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.
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
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.
European Cinema Attendances Rises in 2015 (but 1,900 Analogue Screens Remain)
European cinema attendance rose significantly in 2015, judging from statistics announced by both UNIC and MediaSalles. But regional variations remain, as do 1,900 analogue screens.
Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 19 February 2016
Fandango buys Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes, Spain roof collapse, Indonesian competition, Film & Kino cuts, Paris scent cinema, CineEurope 25, TED Cinema, Canadian centenarian porn cinema