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CinemaCon Energizes a Revived and Upbeat Industry

If, like me, you stuck around Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Friday of last week it would have been hard to tell that the world’s largest convention of movie theatre owners had taken place over the previous four days. Gone were the trade show booths, movie posters, elevator decals and any rema…

Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO of Netfllix

Raising the Curtain on CinemaCon 2023

On the eve of this year’s CinemaCon, and at the risk of not heading the wisdom of the Prussian political leader Otto von Bismarck, I thought it might be helpful to invite you into our own little sausage making factory to give you a peek at what it’s like around here in the run upRead Mor…

Caesars Colosseum Hosts CinemaCon

Converting the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for CinemaCon

In 2010, when the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) decided to rebrand and move its annual convention (then called ShoWest) from its previous home at Paris and Ballys Hotel in Las Vegas across the street to Caesars Palace they had to come up with solutions for a number of tricky logistic…

Wanda Seeks Sale of Hoyts

Cinema Industry Recovery Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Although they are not (yet) celebrating, cinema operators can be heard exhaling a collective sigh of relief at the moment. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” outperformed everyone’s expectations, the success of “Air” has demonstrated that there is not just an appetite…

Celluloid Junkie's Top Women In Global Cinema - 2023

Shining a Spotlight on the Cinema Industry’s Top Women

Last week we published our seventh annual Top Women In Global Cinema list, and as always, it was a strenuous group effort. However, the challenges we faced this year in compiling the list where somewhat different than the obstacles we have faced in the past. The list first began in 2016 somewhat by…

Cineworld

How Cineworld Hopes to Restructure and Exit Bankruptcy

This past week Cineworld announced it had reached an agreement with existing lenders to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the middle of this year while providing the company with significant operating capital to execute future business. The world’s second largest movie theatre operator made…

Cosmax

UK Cinema Association Dives Deep Into Sustainability

When it was announced a year ago that the 2023 UK Cinema Association’s annual conference would focus on sustainability there must have been some subtly raised British eyebrows. Cinemas had only just re-opened in the United Kingdom, but “Top Gun Maverick” and “Avatar: the Way…

Korean Cinemas Evolve

What Singapore Can Teach the World About Cinema’s Future

Earlier this month I spent two weeks in Singapore – and glimpsed the future of cinema, though it is probably not what you think it might be. The city/island/state was my home for five years, so it was a welcome opportunity to reconnect with friends and colleagues that I had not seen since befo…

AMC Reverse Stock Split

‘Puss In Boots’ Gets More Than Nine Lives in Movie Theatres

At least year’s ShowEast in Miami, when Universal Pictures screened DreamWorks Animation’s “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish” the auditorium at the Regal South Beach was mostly full, though there a good number of delegates who rolled their eyes and decided to stick around the Loe…

The Cinema Foundation today released its inaugural State of the Cinema Industry report and the findings are promising for the industry.

A Writers Strike May Stall Theatrical Releases

As exhibitors all over the world tune into the Oscars this weekend, still giddy from counting all that “Avatar: The Way of Water” box office, they may not be aware of a threat to their business lurking on the horizon. It is not a problem having to do with theatrical windows or the now mo…