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Taking Stock in AMC-Carmike Merger

CJ Analysis: Taking Stock of AMC’s Acquisition of Carmike

On July 15th Carmike Cinemas Inc. delayed a vote on whether to accept an acquisition offer from AMC Entertainment Holdings of USD $1.1 billion. The original shareholder vote was to take place on June 30th but was rescheduled for the mid-July date. The vote is now set to go forward on July 25th. If a…
AMC Acquires Odeon & UCI, Carmike

CJ Analysis: Everything You Need to Know About the AMC Acquisition of Odeon & UCI

AMC is acquiring Odeon & UCI to create the world's biggest cinema circuit. Celluloid Junkie analysis the deal from every angle.
AMC Carmike Merger In Jeopardy

CJ Analysis: AMC Acquisition of Carmike In Jeopardy

The acquisition of Carmike Cinemas Inc. by AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. was never going to be entirely easy or uncomplicated. It is safe to say, after the events of the past two weeks, culminating in a delayed shareholder vote earlier today, the mega-deal just became a whole lot harder to close.…

Korea’s Lotte Cinema Faces Slush Fund Allegations

Lotte Cinema faces accusations that its concessions business was used as a cover for slush funds as investigators probe the murky affairs of the parent company Lotte Group.
Top Women In Cinema 2016

Celluloid Junkie’s Top 25 Women in Cinema Business – 2016

Celluloid Junkie salutes the Top 25 Women working in the global cinema industry in our first ever annual ranking.

Why So Few Women CEOs in Exhibition?

In conjuncture with our Top 25 Women in Cinema, Celluloid Junkie asks why there are so few females in the top jobs of exhibition.
CGV cinema in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

CGV Grows in Vietnam to Catch Up With Wanda

CGV's parent company CJ Group has announced plans for $500m investment in Vietnam as part of the exhibitors global race with Wanda.
AMC Acquires Carmike Cinemas

CJ Analysis: AMC To Buy Carmike For $1.1 Billion (As Russia’s Largest Cinemas Merge)

AMC has agreed to buy Carmike for $1.1bn, which will create the first global 10,000 screen circuit through parent company Wanda, same day as Russia's largest cinema chains merge ownership.
Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Announcement

The Force of Dolby Cinema

CJ Flynn goes behind the scenes at the AMC Dolby Cinema in Burbank to bring us his unparalleled analysis of the next generation movie-going experience.
GoKino.ch

The Interesting Failure of Cinema-on-Demand

With Pathe and Cinérive terminating their trial with Gokino.ch the concept of cinema-on-demand is struggling to take off in the age of social media commerce.
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Industry Briefs

  • Bleecker Street & Outerlight Entertainment

    Outerlight Acquires Bleecker Street With Plans to Expand Event Cinema Business

    Oct 16, 2026
  • DCDC United States Coverage Map

    DCDC Upgrades Content Delivery Network Across 1,600 U.S. Cinema Locations

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Hoyts IMAX - Australia and New Zealand

    Exhibitors Serve Up More IMAX Auditoriums

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Screenvision partners with The New York Times Games

    Screenvision Wants to Reinvent the Cinema Pre-Show. Will Audiences Play Along?

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Cineplex - Canada - Third Quarter 2026 Earnings

    Cineplex Posts Record Quarter as North American Box Office Rebound Gains Momentum

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Prince Charles Cinema

    The Prince Charles Cinema Gets a New Lease on Life as Britain Celebrates Its Independents

    Oct 15, 2026
  • Alamo Drafthouse - A24 Cinema Club

    Alamo and A24 Turn Catalogue Films Into Collectible Events

    Oct 8, 2026
  • Samsung's Onyx LED screen at the Lurdy Cinema in Budapest, Hungary

    Cinema LED Keeps Finding Its Way Into More Theatres

    Oct 8, 2026

Popular Posts

  • (From left) Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, Cinema United President & CEO, Michael O'Leary

    Cinema United Didn’t Back the Paramount-Warner Merger. It Put Its Terms on the Table.

    Aug 21, 2026
  • Paramount Warner Bros. Merger - Antitrust Settlement

    The Paramount-Warner Merger Is Permanent. The Guardrails for Movie Theatres Are Not

    Sep 22, 2026
  • Nathalie Kaiser, Rentrak Manager, Statistics and Research, Cathy Huis in ’t Veld-Esser, Gofilex CTO and co-owner, Miguel Rivera, Cinépolis Group VP Global Film Programming and Content, Johnny Carr, Vue International Head of Event Cinema and Distribution, Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, and Paul Huis in ’t veld, Gofilex CEO, during the ICTA Focus Session, "How Event Cinema, Live Experiences & Streaming Technology Are Set to Transform Cinema-Going" at CineEurope 2026 in Barcelona, Spain on June 23, 2026.

    Event Cinema Is Becoming an Always-On Business

    Aug 10, 2026
  • (From Left) Daniel Loria of Boxoffice Pro, Adam Rymer from Regal, Brock. Bagby of B&B Theatres, Valmir Fernandes from Cinemark, Nicole Woods of RealD and Rolando Rodriguez from Lumma, during CinéShow 2026 in Dallas, Texas on August 25, 2026.

    Cinemas Aren’t Just Marketing Movies Anymore. They’re Marketing Auditoriums

    Sep 15, 2026
  • Cinema United - 2026 Fall Cinema Investment Report - Cinema Investment By The Numbers

    Cinema Owners Have Invested $2.7 Billion in Theatres. What Is That Money Buying?

    Oct 1, 2026
  • Allan Reagan, Founder & Executive Chair of Flix Brewhouse, receiving the Frank Liberto Award at CinéShow 2026 in Dallas, Texas on August 25, 2026.

    Cinergy and Cinema United’s Todd Halstead Honored at CinéShow as Flix Brewhouse’s Allan Reagan Puts Ukraine Center Stage

    Aug 31, 2026
  • (From left) Moderator Cathrine Jakobsen led the case-study discussion during the "Youth, Trends and Taboos on Films" seminar at Haugesund 2026. Silje Salomonsen, co-director of “Back to Tottori,” and Norwegian distributor Linn Barholt participated in seminar on August 25, 2026. (Photo: Grethe Nygaard)

    Young Audiences Already Like Cinema. The Hard Part Is Giving Them a Reason to Go

    Aug 31, 2026
  • Cinema Collectibles Are Big Business

    Cinema Collectibles Are Big Business, but Knowing What to Order Requires Strategy

    Oct 15, 2026

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