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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…
MoviePass and AMC

CJ Analysis: MoviePass Strategy is a Big Data Gamble

Last week, when MoviePass lowered its “unlimited” moviegoing plan to just USD $9.95 per month, the ensuing news stories and their associated clickbait headlines could have written themselves. Each found it necessary to explain precisely what MoviePass is and remind readers of the company’s sev…
The first Cine Q opening on 24 Nov. (image: Cine Q)

Asia-Pac Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 23 August 2017

Korea first Cine Q, CGV in Bulsan; China new Cinker, oval dome IMAX; Japan Aeon in Nagano; India PVR Icon & regular multiplex in Pune; Singapore: Cathay in Parkway; Australia Event Cinema Sunshine Coast Closing: Lotte Jeju.  Korea (Republic of, South) – New cinema operator Cine Q has unvei…
Anga Cinemas CEO Oleksii Sierkov is bringing 4DX to East Africa. (photo: Daily Nation)

EMEA Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 16 August 2017

Kenya’s first 4DX; Germany Manhattan Erlangen, Dortmund Cinestar Brackel, Luxor Filmpalast Heidelberg; France Neufchâteau three-screen; Poland Helios Vivo! and Warsaw Cinema City. Closing: France Ecran 7; Germany Cineplex Dormagen Switzerland Kino City Bern. London’s stunning Picturehous…
Warren Buffett, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, drinks a Cherry Coca-Cola as he tours the exhibition floor prior to the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Buffett, the Wall Street critic who invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said he supports the bank's Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein '100 percent' after the firm was sued by regulators for fraud. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

CJ Opinion: Should Warren Buffett Buy Regal Cinemas?

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful,” is one of Warren Buffet’s most famous maxims. It is this strategy combined with shrewd analysis and long-term thinking that has made the ‘Sage of Omaha’ one of the world’s greatest investors a…
Union Square at The Lexicon. (image: artist's impression)

CJ Cinema Property Update (UK) – Wednesday 2 August 2017

Cineworld 12 screens in Bracknell and Monks Cross in York 2019; The Light new Dundee Wellgate plans; Grantham now five screens only; Havefordwest plans approved; Odeon Merry Hill move plan; Empire Sutton refurb plans; Reel Burnely September opening; Rio £40K grant. New York’s hip Metrograph is…
Clare Turner, Pearl and Dean (UK), Jill Jones, Mister Smith Entertainment Anna Marsh, StudioCanal at CineEurope 'Women in Cinema' panel. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski - Celluloid Junkie)

CJ @ CineEurope – ‘Women in Cinema’ panel

Celluloid Junkie recaps the main conference sessions at this years CineEurope for the benefit of those unable to attend or who did but want to jog their memories. As always, our transcription sometimes abbreviate to captures the gist of what was said, rather than…..hmmm…ahhh….you k…
Palace Cinemas in Monee Pond's Puckle Street. (image: Katherine Manger / artist's impression)

CJ Cinema (ROW) Property Update – Thursday 20 July 2017

Australia: Palace Melbourne Japan: Aeon Chofu, United Cinemas Okinawa Israel: Yes Planet  Zikhron Yaakov Poland: Helio Katowice USA: Bow Tie Troy, Montclair Imax, Boulder art-house, GQT Lafayette India: Mukta A2 x2, SPI Bengaluru, Inox Noida, PVR Kota France: 4 Delta Varenne Czech Rep.: Cinema City…
"Welcome to Cineworld South Ruislip" (photo: Harrow Times)

CJ Cinema (UK) Property Update – Wednesday 19 July 2017

Cineworld: South Ruislip, Colchester, Leeds, Plymouth Curzon: Hoxton (London) Everyman: Newcastle Odeon: Stafford, Leeds The Light: Redhill, Birmingham, Sittingbourne Vue: Glasgow No operator: Northamptonshire, Grimsby, Tunbridge Wells, Forge Island Re-furb/Re-opening: Oxford Phoenix Picture House,…
Vue West End Reopening - Marquee and Exterior

Vue West End Flagship Reopens To Impress

On Monday, July 10th, the Vue West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square reopened after having been closed for four months to complete extensive refurbishing. “We want to set a new standard for what is possible in the West End,” declared Kevin Styles, UK & Ireland Managing Di…
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Industry Briefs

  • CICAE's 23rd Arthouse Cinema Training in August 2026

    Record Turnout for CICAE’s Arthouse Cinema Training in Berlin

    Sep 1, 2026
  • Marc Whitten - President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dolby Laboratories

    Marc Whitten to Succeed Kevin Yeaman as Dolby CEO

    Sep 1, 2026
  • Cinema Operators Ban Meta Smart Glasses

    UK Cinemas Move to Restrict Smart Glasses Over Piracy and Privacy Concerns

    Sep 1, 2026
  • StudioCanal launches StudioCanal classics, a new worldwide catalogue label celebrating its 18,000-title film library

    StudioCanal and TheaterEars Give Catalogue Cinema a New Theatrical Life

    Sep 1, 2026
  • AMC Theatres and Leawood Films

    AMC Expands Its Distribution Ambitions With Leawood Films

    Sep 1, 2026
  • Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi thriller “Hope”

    NEON Turns “Hope” Into a One-Night PLF Event.

    Aug 24, 2026
  • Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" playing at the BFI IMAX in London, United Kingdom

    One Screen, £2.7 Million: “The Odyssey” Sets a BFI IMAX Record

    Aug 24, 2026
  • Kinepolis

    Kinepolis Says the Cinema Industry Had a Supply Problem, Not a Demand Problem

    Aug 24, 2026

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