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What Wanda’s IPO Prospectus Tell Us About China’s Cinema Market

No less than 30 Chinese companies are looking to list on US stock exchanges this year, led by Internet giants such as JD.com and Alibaba. The reason for choosing the likes of Nasdaq is because unlike their Chinese counterparts they don’t require three years of profitability as well as US regul…

European Cinema Statistics 2013

Local Films to Blame for Decline in European Box Office in 2013

The European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) has released its statistics on European cinema admissions in 2013 ahead of the Cannes Film Festival and they make for grim reading. We have already written about the preliminary figures (Europe’s Cinema Attendance Decline is Greatly Exaggerated), so we will…

Sun Xiaobin

China’s ‘Last Mile’ Plan for Digital Cinema: Ditch Western Technology

Is Chen Xing the biggest and most important digital cinema company that you’ve never heard of? Quite likely. With the conversion of existing cinemas to digital winding up around the world, future focus of manufacturers will be on territories with organic growth, before the the replacement cycl…

Westminster London cinemas hygiene scorcard

London Cinemas’ Food Hygiene Scorecard: Quite Good, but Room For Improvement

With cinema attendance plateauing or stagnant in most developed markets, exhibitors are turning to ways to extract more money from the patrons that still frequent cinemas. Concessions is the most obvious way, which is why the last decade has seen a proliferation of in-theatre cafes, bars, stand-alon…

Z Storm

China’s Multiplexes Are Headed For a Crash – Statistics Show Why

Just 15%. Remember that figure as you listen to Hollywood representatives and trade press falling over themselves to laud the growth of Chinese cinemas. At this year’s CinemaCon MPAA’s Chris Dodd marvelled at China’s USD $3.6 billion box office in 2013, representing a year-on-year…

NCPA Turandot

China Embraces Event Cinema With ‘Turandot’ and 3D ‘Farewell My Concubine’ (CJ EXCLUSIVE)

China’s two major opera houses are joining the ranks of distinguished institutions like the Met Opera and the Royal Opera House with the first recordings and screenings of their operas. Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) recording of Puccini’s Turandot opened…

Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

Latin American VPF Deals Hide Regional Problems – UPDATED

[Ed: We have received lots of feedback and updated info from readers fram and active in the region. ¡Muchas Gracias/Muito Obrigado! The article has been UPDATED THROUGHOUT as a result.] Much like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid headed to Bolivia after they had run out of banks in the Wild West to…

In an Age of Automation, Sweden’s SF Bio Welcomes You to Each Screening in Person

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDMT2I9vmE4[/youtube] I tend to travel to Sweden a few times each year, usually to visit family and/or on business. Even if I am there for just a few days I make an effort to visit the cinema and catch up on a S…

New Terrorist Attack in Pakistani Cinema Kills Dozen

Pakistan has again been hit by a deadly terrorist attack in a cinema, this time killing and injuring even more people than the one ten days ago. “A deadly attack on a cinema came as Pakistani government and Taliban negotiators met for a second time in an effort to end the bloody seven-year reb…

No Speak English? Cinema Show Noah In 3D Just For You.

Are you familiar with the Ramayana? Have you ever read Journey To The West? If not, then chances are that you will be watching the story of Noah in 2D at your local multiplex. The Hollywood Reporter yesterday had an exclusive on Paramount’s decision to release Darron Aronofsky’s Old Test…