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Europe’s Cinema Attendance Decline is Greatly Exagerated

It is appropriate that the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) should release its cinema admissions report at the Berlin Film Festival rather than Cannes, because it appeared not to make for sunny or cheerful reading. The headline figure of 4.1 per cent decline for EU cinema attendance and the se…

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 17 February 2014

The sale of the Cineworld cinema in central Dublin reveals some interesting things about the exhibition market in the Irish Republic. The deal itself is straightforward enough. “The country’s busiest movie theatre – Dublin’s 17-screen 3,360-seat Cineworld on Parnell Street – is t…

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 14 February 2014

Jesus is coming…to every single screen in your multiplex. Not so much a Second Coming as a First Showing, the Son of God film follow up to last year’s television hit The Bible will appear on every single screen in many US multiplexes on Thursday 27 February, before going on general relea…

2013 – Bad Year for Film; Great Year for Exhibitor Share Price

It may seem paradoxical, but while 2013 was a bad year for films in terms of growth, it was an excellent year for cinemas. Even with a strong summer at the box office, 2013 was flat or even down compared to the previous year in most western countries. Only emerging markets like China showed strongRe…

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 13 February 2014

A self-professed computer nerd in Shanghai who broke up with (or was dumped by?) his girlfriend last year is making V-Day plans difficult for romantically inclined cinema visitors. “Couples looking to enjoy a romantic Valentine’s Day at one Chinese cinema will be out of luck this Friday,…

We Need To Talk About Event Cinema Piracy

It is a measure of the success of event cinema that it is fast becoming a victim of internet piracy, a trend that is only like to get worse, for one very simple reason. With the NT Live screenings proving particularly popular for pirates, it is a challenge that the industry will have to dealRead Mor…

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Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 12 February 2014

The flood-stricken UK county of Suffolk is to see a local cinema re-open after having seen an almighty flood. “The cinema, on London Road South, had 3ft (1m) of water in its ground floor, which damaged three screens and the foyer. Michael Hansell, manager of the cinema on London Road South, sa…

New Terrorist Attack in Pakistani Cinema Kills Dozen

Pakistan has again been hit by a deadly terrorist attack in a cinema, this time killing and injuring even more people than the one ten days ago. “A deadly attack on a cinema came as Pakistani government and Taliban negotiators met for a second time in an effort to end the bloody seven-year reb…

How Kickstarter Helped Save Independent Cinemas from Digital Oblivion

Kickstarter has played a significant role in enabling small independently owned cinemas across the United States to make the transition to digital, a detailed analysis by CelluloidJunkie.com has uncovered. Reviewing 70 campaigns to raise funds to assist with upgrades to digital projection and associ…

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 11 February 2014

USA: In the trial of the Colorado cinema shooter James Holmes, the prosecutor has uncovered some macabre evidence of the pre-mediated nature of the killing spree on the defendant’s camera phone. “EERIE self-portraits that Colorado cinema shooting defendant James Holmes took with his phon…