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Helios at 30 – Poland’s Leading Cinema Chain Looks Ahead

Helios is the god and personification of the sun in Greek mythology and is often depicted in art with a radiant crown and driving a horse-drawn chariot through the sky. In a similar manner, the Polish cinema chain Helios has been a shining light on the cinema scene for thirty years. The anniversary…

AMC & Cinemark Report First Quarter 2023 Earnings

AMC and Cinemark Reflect Industry-Wide Post-Pandemic Financial Recovery With Strong First Quarter Earnings

Just one week after CinemaCon 2023 gave the exhibition business a much needed jolt of optimism, the good news keeps on rolling in for the industry thanks to a number of corporate earnings reports. As cinema operators returned from the annual conference in Las Vegas, premium large format (PLF) leader…

Adam Aron - CEO, AMC Theatres

The CJ & Boxoffice Interview: AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron

Few of the C-suite executives running movie theaters these days have been as omnipresent as Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres. While navigating the world’s largest cinema chain through the Covid pandemic, Aron’s public profile only managed to grow, even at a time when most of his company’s theater…

How Automation is Saving Cinemas Money

For cinemas counting on the end of Covid and the return of blockbusters, the twin challenges of skyrocketing energy costs and never-ending staff shortages could not have come at a worse time. To help overcome these challenges, exhibitors are increasingly turning to ever more innovative automation te…

Celluloid Junkie's Top Women In Global Cinema - 2023

CJ’s Top 50 Women In Global Cinema – 2023

Celluloid Junkie is proud to be publishing the seventh annual Top Women in Global Cinema list. Last year we took a break from seeking nominations, as the pandemic was a great leveler with almost all cinemas shut at some point and, as such, it was worth equally celebrating all women who were fighting…

Cineworld

How Cineworld Hopes to Restructure and Exit Bankruptcy

This past week Cineworld announced it had reached an agreement with existing lenders to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the middle of this year while providing the company with significant operating capital to execute future business. The world’s second largest movie theatre operator made…

Cosmax

Russia Launches IMAX Rival After Lawsuit Victory

Russian film distributor Central Partnership has unveiled a local alternative to IMAX, called Cosmax, after the the large format operator lost a local lawsuit challenging its withdrawal from the Russian Federation. The first film to be shown in the new format will be “The Challenge” (als…

Korean Cinemas Evolve

In Korea Cinemas Evolve Into Customized Experience Spaces

Korea’s three largest multiplex chains CGV, Lotte Cinema, and Megabox, are evolving their business scope into complex cultural spaces that provide “unique experiences” to meet customer needs, instead of just being places where you come to watch movies. They are doing this by hostin…

EDCF Convention 2023 Trials New Format in Nuremberg

The European Digital Cinema forum (EDCF) finally had a chance to hold one of its very popular in-person conventions at the start of February 2023 in Germany. There was much to catch up on, both in terms of the hot-button topics and in-person get togethers. There was also a new president and a board…

Fights Break Out In Theatres During Creed 3 Screenings

“Creed III”: Screenings Take ‘Immersive’ to a Whole New Level

There’s no enemy like the past, says the tagline of “Creed lll”, the ninth film in the “Rocky” franchise. Nevertheless, it seems like some spectators managed to find contemporary enemies during the opening weekend in France and Germany. Thinking outside the boxing ring, several cin…