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.
European Cinema Attendances Rises in 2015 (but 1,900 Analogue Screens Remain)
European cinema attendance rose significantly in 2015, judging from statistics announced by both UNIC and MediaSalles. But regional variations remain, as do 1,900 analogue screens.
How Sustainable Is The Chinese Cinema Market?
In 2011 the average ticket price in China was CNY ¥37 (USD $5.62) but by 2015 this had fallen to nearly CNY ¥35 (USD $5.32) despite the growth of Imax and premium screens and the increase in cinema ticket prices in all other major economies. Mobile ticketing by third-party vendors is the main cause,…
China to Crack Down on Box Office Fraud
Chinese authorities are cracking down on box office fraud, with severe punishments for cinemas, ticket software vendors or apps caught siphoning off BO.
CJ @ CineAsia: MPA Seminar – Why Exhibitors Have Become Key Stakeholders in the Protection of Motion Picture Content
CineAsia 2015 began as always with a presentation from the MPA on effort to combat piracy of films in the region.
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,…
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…
Are UK’s PLF Pre-Releases Hurting Smaller Exhibitors?
There is a growing sense of unease amongst smaller UK exhibitors about the recent trend to pre-release blockbusters in PLF (premium large format) auditoriums. The back-to-back Week -1 screenings of “Everest” and next “The Walk” on both Imax and own-brand PLF screens has raise…
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…