Wrapping Up Our Thoughts On CinemaCon 2016
CJ editors, contributors and industry professionals share their thoughts and takes on this years CinemaCon and NAB, including Screening Room, 120fps and swag.
CJ @ CinemaCon: Exhibition and Distribution – Collaborating and Partnering for the Greater Cause
At this year’s CinemaCon, if the keynote addresses given on International Day were noteworthy for reporting on the health and well being of the industry as a whole, then the panel discussion on collaboration between exhibition and distribution may have been the most informative session in term…
CJ @ CinemaCon: International Keynotes Highlight Growing Global Industry
Each year before CinemaCon officially gets underway, the show’s organizers hold a day of seminars and panels focused on the international marketplace. Appropriately dubbed International Day, in the five years since the annual convention first started being held, the international keynote addre…
CJ @ CinemaCon: Interview with Carmike Cinemas CEO David Passman
When CinemaCon officially opens on Tuesday April 12th with the “State of the Industry” presentation, the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) will bestow the 2016 NATO Marquee Award upon David Passman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Carmike Cinemas, the fourth largest cinema chain…
CJ @ CinemaCon: Interview with Phil Groves of IMAX
On Monday, April 11th CinemaCon will award Phil Groves from IMAX the CinemaCon Passepartout Award during the International Day luncheon at the annual trade show in Las Vegas. The award is presented each year to an industry executive who has proven their “dedication and commitment to the intern…
Expocine Was Bigger and Better In 2015
[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBRSVwNUkrY[/youtube] If you are a cinema operator or distributor in South America, then you were probably at the Centro de Convenções Frei Caneca in São Paulo, Brazil last month for Expocine 2015. Nearly 2,000…
How Regal Cinemas Created the Ultimate Ticket for “Spectre”
In an entertainment retail business that’s more than a century old, and in an age when many multiplex cinemas look and feel identical, one might easily come to the conclusion that cinema operators long ago gave up on executing unique and original ideas. That isn’t necessarily accurate, a…
Event Cinema Association Set For Third Annual Conference
Time is quickly running out for those wishing to secure tickets to this year’s ECA Conference on October 19th at Picturehouse Central in London’s posh West End. For its third annual conference the Event Cinema Association (ECA) has put together a day-long program specifically for motion…
Weekly Cinema News – Friday 2 October 2015
On September 27th Secret Cinema ended its 100-day run of “Secret Cinema presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” in London, which despite opening to lukewarm reviews, was a financial success taking in GBP £6.45 million (EUR €8.7 million or USD $9.8 million) from 100,000 audience memb…
Weekly Cinema News – Friday 18 September 2015
This weekend “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” opens in cinemas around the world where it hasn’t already debuted. The sequel to last year’s box office winner “The Maze Runner” is also providing Barco with another opportunity to show off and expand its new theatrica…