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Barco Escape Maze Runner 2

Weekly Cinema News – Friday 18 September 2015

This weekend “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” opens in cinemas around the world where it hasn’t already debuted. The sequel to last year’s box office winner “The Maze Runner” is also providing Barco with another opportunity to show off and expand its new theatrica…

Village Roadshow Sri Lanka EAP

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 11 September 2015

Australia’s Village Roadshow has entered the Sri Lankan market through an agreement with the local media and entertainment company EAP Group. The deal will see the companies jointly develop multiplexes across the island. EAP is said to own 15 cinemas and have 30 in its circuit. On an island fo…

Cineworld Crawley

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 4 September 2015

UK – A horrific acid attack on a cinema patron after an argument at a late screening of “Straight Outta Compton” took place outside the Cineworld in Crawley, West Sussex. The 27 year old man left the cinema between 1 and 1:30am when he was approached by his assailants in the car p…

Wanda Christie Cinema 9

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 3 September 2015

Wanda Cinema Line has signed a major deal with Christie Digital to deploy the latter’s projectors and audio solutions in its cinemas. The deal covers Christie’s 2K and 4K digital cinema projectors, Christie 6P laser projectors and Christie Vive Audio solutions, which will be installed ac…

AMC re-seating plans

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 2 September 2015

USA (CA) – Is AMC too over-leveraged (i.e. in debt) to execute its ambitious plans for re-seating and expanding premium F&B to stay ahead of the competition? That’s the upshot of this persuasive piece of analysis from Seeking Alpha. Pay particular attention to the penultimate paragr…

Odeon for Sale

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 28 August 2015

UK – Odeon & UCI group has released its first half-year result. It looks like rather than just cruising on the blockbuster wave of the first six months there are signs of a genuine turnaround – just as the group prepares to be sold. Last years loss of GBP £40 million (USD $61.7 milli…

Baidu cinema ticket

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 27 August 2015

Online ticket sales through Baidu now account for half of all tickets sold at some cinemas, with particularly strong showings during special promotions on Tanabata Day (Chinese Valentine’s Day). Out of 6.8 million tickets sold across China that day, Baidu accounted for 1.7 million or 25%. In s…

Yes Planet protest cinema Jerusalem

Weekly Cinema Digest – Monday 25 August 2015

Israel – Protests by ultra-Orthodox jews against the opening of the new Yes Planet multiplex in Jerusalem descended into riots. Hundreds of protesters threw stones at police and clashed with troops. The multiplex is said to have been packed on its opening weekend, with secular residents in Jer…

Event cinema revenue

IHS Technology: Event Cinema Develops Into a Global Sector

IHS and Rentrak provide analysis of Event Cinema revenues in eight territories. The Event Cinema sector has been around for many years, with experiments taking place as soon as digital projection was a workable reality. Digital conversion has acted as the main driver for Event Cinema. In both Franc…

Aurora cinema victims

Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 14 August 2015

USA (CO) – The Aurora mass killer James Holmes was spared the death penalty after the jury could not unanimously agree for him to be executed. He will now spend the rest of his life in prison instead. Holmes never expressed any remorse for killing 12 people (above) and injuring many more. Vari…