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The Problem With Playing Netflix Movies in Cinemas

The Problem With Playing Netflix Movies in Cinemas

In its never-ending quest to win an Oscar for Best Picture, it seems that Netflix will be releasing at least one of their original movies into cinemas each year in some form or fashion. Questions remain, however, exactly what forms and fashions Netflix has in mind when releasing their films theatric…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Why Disney Can Demand 65% of Box Office for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

Just when North American cinema operators looked forward to having blockbuster films like “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” come along and boost a box office that has sagged in the second half of 2017, along comes Disney to squash any such dreams. Make no mistake, it’s not that these f…
Damola Layonu, Filmhouse Cinemas, Nigeria

CJ Interview: Damola Layonu – Filmhouse Cinemas, Nigeria

Nigeria is the world’s second largest market in terms of films produced and it is now also Africa’s fastest growing cinema market, with multiplexes, IMAX screens and VIP cinemas catering to the prosperous Nigerian middle class. Having first met and been impressed by him at CineEurope, Ce…
2017 Mid-Year Studio Market Share Projections

2017 Mid-Year Studio Market Share Projections

Now that we’re halfway through 2017 it seems as good a time as any to project out how the Hollywood box office market share race will wind up by the end of the year. Can Disney hang onto its lead and make it back-to-back wins? Can one of the new micro studios crack the top 10?Read More
Wonderstruck Director Todd Haynes at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

“Wonderstruck” Director Todd Haynes Defends Amazon Studios at the Cannes Film Festival

Just one day after filmmaker Pedro Almodovar and actor Will Smith debated whether Netflix should be permitted to have films premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival if they the movies will never been seen in cinemas, director Todd Haynes came to the defense of Amazon’s subscription stream…
Will Smith, Jessica Chastain, Pedro Almodovar at Cannes 2017

Cannes Film Festival Jury Answers The Netflix Question

Hanging over the start of the Cannes Film Festival today was the incessant discussion over the selection of two films produced by Netflix to appear in competition. It was all anyone attending Cannes, and especially those that aren’t, could talk about. So it was inevitable that this year’s Cannes jur…
Star Wars queue

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.
Oculus cinema

Looking Past the Headlights: The Next 10 Years in the Entertainment Industry

This article is re-printed from Medium because we feel it will be of interest to readers of CJ and we believe it deserves a wider audience. Ben Johnson at Gruvi kindly agreed for us to re-publish it here. This article is Part 3 in a series of 3. If you would like to read the firstRead More

German Cinemas Threaten “Star Wars” Boycott

Small and independent cinemas in Germany are threatening to boycott Disney/Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: the Force Awakens” over unfavourable screening terms. Amongst many points of contention Disney is said to be enforcing a minimum ticket price that is seen as too high for small towns,…
Paramount's Dynamic Release Windows Trial

Crunching The Numbers On Paramount’s Dynamic Release Windows

When we first set out to craft our analysis of the July announcement that Paramount Pictures would release certain movies on home video just 17-days after most theatres stopped playing them, we must admit to initially focusing on the wrong aspect, or participants, of the distribution experiment. Whi…
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