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Secret Cinema Sale Set to Enable Expansion

London-based immersive cinema experience company Secret Cinema has been sold to US mobile ticketing platform TodayTix Group for a reported GBP £88 million (USD $100 million). The sale is set to enable the operation to expand internationally with permanent bases in London and Los Angeles. The deal wi…

15 Years of Celluloid Junkie

Today it is exactly 15 years since the first article was published on Celluloid Junkie, marking a decade-and-a-half that has seen the global cinema industry go through its biggest changes and face its greatest challenges ever. What started modestly as a blog (we still get called that; it’s OK)…

National Cinema Day at AMC - 2022

National Cinema Day Is Success Across UK and US

The National Cinema Day promotion on 3 September proved a major success on both sides of the Atlantic, where it racked up over 9.5 million admissions in the four participating markets: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Admissions for the US was 7.28 million t…

CJ Interviews: Kamal Gianchandani – CEO, PVR Pictures

Back in July Celluloid Junkie spoke to Kamal Gianchandani – CEO, PVR Pictures and President of The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) about how the Indian cinema market had recovered post-pandemic. A selection of this interview was shown at the CJCinemasummit. J. Sperling Reich: Joining us n…

National Cinema Day - 2022

Why National Cinema Day Is a Big Deal for UK and US Movie Theatres

Cinemas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making a concerted effort to attract moviegoers back to cinemas with a one-day promotional Cinema Day on Saturday 3 September, when cinema tickets will be discounted to just USD $3/GBP £3 respectively. Such promotional days have been held before, both…

Locarno Film Festival

The Sound of the Locarno Film Festival

Affectionately known by the team as the “smaller of the big festivals,” the Locarno Film Festival certainly ranks among the top five. Yet, the Locarno Film Festival can in no way be considered a small event; spread across 14 different venues throughout the Swiss town from which the festival draws it…

Cineworld Belfast

Cineworld Weighs Its Financial Future

Just two days after taking the drastic step of alerting the investment community of its declining liquidity position, Cineworld Group, the world’s second largest cinema chain, is now allegedly readying to file for bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday 19 August that the compan…

Kevin B. Lee and Hito Steyerl at the 75 Locarno Film Festival

Kevin B. Lee Talks Future Challenges of Film Exhibition, Attention Economics at Locarno

During this year’s Locarno Film Festival (3-13 August), in Switzerland, Celluloid Junkie caught up with Kevin B. Lee, Professor for the Future of Cinema and the Audiovisual Arts at Lugano’s Università della Svizzera Italiana. We met the lecturer and video essayist after he took part in a one-hour co…

CGV Cinemas, South Korea

Korean Cinemas Profitable at Home But See Overseas Loss

The latest figures from Korea’s largest cinema operators highlights an uneven recovery across Asia but a slow return to profitability in their home market. While CJ CGV saw a year-on-year decrease for the second quarter of 2022, Lotte’s cinema operation returned to profit for the first t…

Problems Related to the ‘Hazard Zone’ in New and Renovated Cinemas

Despite the ongoing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the severely affected events industry, which is gradually recovering, new investments in the form of conversions or new buildings for event venues and other cultural institutions are inevitable. The population remains “film-hungry…