Cinema Operators Experience A Disconnect Between Profits and Market Valuation
The headline from Reuters was as stark as it was misleading: “Struggling Cineworld paints bleak picture for cinemas” It is true that the world’s second largest cinema chain is facing major challenges as it navigates the choppy Chapter 11 waters, while waiting for the return of the…
Secret Cinema Is Not So Secret Anymore
Cinema is Experience; a USD $100 million experience judging by the deal that sees London-based Secret Cinema sold to Broadway ticketing major TodayTix. While large cinema chains are facing debt, restructuring and rollercoaster rides on the stock market (pace Cineworld, Vue, AMC and Dadi), it is enco…
Queen’s Death Initiates Royal Cinematic Protocol
Welcome to our weekly newsletter, The Marquee. We’d like to take a moment not only to thank our sponsor, Dolby, for making this newsletter possible, but also to invite you to the CJ Cinema Summit on Thursday, 15 September. We will be joined by two of the top distribution executives at Warner B…
Cineworld Bankruptcy Dampens National Cinema Day Success
There is no other way to view this past week than as a mixed bag for the cinema industry. It began with the news that the first-ever National Cinema Day was a success in the United Kingdom, North America and Ireland. Admissions and box office were up significantly in each territory accounting for a…
CJ Interviews: Kamal Gianchandani – CEO, PVR Pictures
National Cinema Day Spins A Positive Story For Movie Theatres
It is the last week of August. The last week of summer. It is supposed to be one of those weeks where we struggle to find even a single story to include in the Marquee. The kind of week some might refer to as “a slow news week.” It was anything but. If it wasn’tRead More
Cineworld Weighs Its Financial Future
Exhibitors Report Smaller Losses, Rising Revenue During Second Quarter of 2022
It’s that time of year when public companies throughout the world announce their second quarter earnings. If you’re a giant media company with a streaming service that means you’ll be trying to appease Wall Street big wigs with your latest subscriber figures, price increases or pla…
Despite Lack of Cinemas, Movies Are Top of Mind in Kauai, Hawaii
If you missed this week’s CJ Cinema Summit, have no fear, you can still catch our session here, on demand, with cinema operators, landlords and real estate professionals. Like many who work in and around the cinema industry, I am currently in the middle of my summer holiday. More specifically,…