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Chinese Cinemas Continue Strong Growth in First Half of 2018

The Chinese cinema industry has seen strong growth figures in the first six month of 2018 – with one critical exception. Box office growth was mainly driven by local titles, while the pace of opening new cinemas showed little sign of slowing down, based on figures released by the National Film…

AMC Stubs A-List

All About AMC’s New Subscription Program and What it Means for the Cinema Industry

In a move most of the cinema industry had been predicting for at least a year, AMC Theatres, the world’s largest movie theatre operator, announced a new moviegoing subscription program today named AMC Stubs A-List. It comes as no shock that the program was immediately compared to a competing subscri…

Gruvi cinema audit study cover

Gruvi’s Web A.U.D.I.T. Asks How Effectively Are European Cinemas Reaching Online Audiences?

The Cinema Industry’s Worrying Trend The latest theatrical attendance analysis by the MPAA shows the Key demographics for 18 – 24 and 25 – 39 are all in decline in 2016 relative to their positions in 2012. Declines are also noted in Germany with recent research published by Filmförderung…

Cinecittà in Nuremberg, Germany

Cinema of the Month: Cinecittà – Nuremberg, Germany

Celluloid Junkie is proud to have partnered with Vista Cinema for the Cinema of the Month series. Vista is the world’s leading cinema management software solutions company. We won’t just be featuring cinemas whose operators use Vista, but we will surely mention when that is the case. CJ would like t…

Dertje Meijer and Edwin Slutter of Pathé Netherlands

Pathé Netherlands Suspends Two Top Executives

Dutch exhibition major Pathé Netherlands has suspended Managing Director Dertje Meijer and Finance Director Edwin Slutter effective immediately. Both the nature and the timing of the announcement came as a surprise to the industry. No specific reason was given for the action, only that the two senio…

On-demand cinema in China.

Regulation of On-Demand Cinemas Could Boost China’s Box Office

Despite the recent box office success of the Chinese New Year festival, the long term growth of the market is not assured, due to over-building and lower cinema attendance in Tier Three to Five cities. Because of this hopes are pinned on the rapidly growing on-demand cinema market, sometimes also ca…

Cineworld in Weston-super-Mare's Dolphin Square now open. (photo: Jamie Gray / Weston Mercury)

UK & IE Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 28 February 2018

Cineworld: Dolphin Sqare and Dover open, Merseyside July/Aug, York in 2019, Hounslow in 2020; Curzon: Goldsmith College single-screen open but no interest in Wilmslow Rex; Empire: Imax confirmed for Seaway and seats delayed opening of Sutton; Everyman: brings cinema to Crystal Palace and details on …

CGV share price

CJ CGV to Raise $280m From PE Funds

Korean and global exhibition major CJ CGV is looking to raise around USD $280 million through a private equity placement that would significantly reduce the stake of parent company CJ. The announcement comes as CJ CGV’s share price recovers from step drop and as the cinema operator tries to sh…

Vue CEO Tim Richards

Vue Makes Plans to Open 30 Cinemas in Saudi Arabia

It’s official. The Saudi Arabian cinema land rush has officially begun. A mere two months after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia officially allowed for the opening and operation of new commercial cinemas for the first time since the 1970s, the country has at least three exhibitors vying to compete in the…

Emperor Cinemas at the Entertainment Building in Hong Kong

Cinema of the Month: Emperor Cinemas – Hong Kong SAR, China

Celluloid Junkie is proud to have partnered with Vista Cinema for the Cinema of the Month series. Vista is the world’s leading cinema management software solutions company. We won’t just be featuring cinemas whose operators use Vista, but we will surely mention when that is the case. We would like t…