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New Chinese Box Office Records Come As No Surprise

Thanks to a quota on foreign films limiting the number of imported titles to 34, movie studios have often struggled to get their movies released in China. Apparently there is no quota on box office bragadocio and Hollywood has been able to easily export its affinity for trumpeting their latest movie…

Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 4 February 2014

USA: Drive-in cinemas have become the twin victims of the end of analogue film and changing social habits that has mostly de-linked automobiles from cinema-going, other than as a mode of transport to the multiplex. So this is a lovely exception: Americas self-proclaimed oldest drive-in cinema is goi…

Pakistani Cinema Terrorist Attack

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 3 February 2014

Pakistan: A terrorist attack in a cinema has killed five and injured dozens in a small Pakistani cinema. “Pakistani police say a bomb attack in a cinema in the northwestern city of Peshawar has killed five people. Police official Zahid Khan says the explosion on Sunday night also wounded 30 pe…

Super Bowl XLVIII Movie Spots

Is Advertising a Movie During the Super Bowl Really Worth $4 Million?

In the run up to Super Bowl XLVIII last week a non-industry friend remarked how absurd they thought it was for Hollywood studios to spend $4 million to purchase a 30-seocnd television commercial during the game. That’s how much Paramount Pictures paid for its spots promoting “Transformers: Age of Ex…

Curzon Cinemas in Victoria

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 31 January 2014

UK: London’s leading arthouse cinema chain is on a major expansion drive. “Boutique cinema chain Curzon Cinemas will almost double the number of its screens in the capital, from 12 to 20, as part of a £6 million expansion plan and design makeover. The main investment is in a new £3 milli…

TCM's 20th Anniversary Casablanca Screening

TCM Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Free Screenings of “Casablanca”

It’s hard to believe the cable network Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is entering its 20th year. It certainly doesn’t seem like that much time has passed since TCM began broadcasting some of the most beloved movies ever made into homes. Apparently, time flies when you’re presenting cl…

AMC Theatres Expands Content Marketing Efforts With “Versus”

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://youtu.be/oyEup3gG53E[/youtube] AMC Theatres is taking a page out of the latest marketing play books with its new online series “Versus”. The first episode was posted to their website, via YouTube, on Tuesday, January 28th.…

Ispwich Odeon

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 29 January 2014

UK: Fancy going up against not one but THREE cinemas in Ipwich? If so then you are in luck, because the original £1m asking price just halved. “The former Odeon cinema at the junction of St Margaret’s Street and Woodbridge Road was built in 1991 but closed in August 2005. It had become unable…

Disney To Release Sing-Along Version of “Frozen” In Theatres

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://youtu.be/0HtACLaRDk0[/youtube] Walt Disney Studios may have struck upon an inventive way to squeeze more revenue from moviegoers who have already seen their latest animated feature, “Frozen”. Hoping to get fans of “Fr…

Stephanie Georgio at Cineworld

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 28 January 2014

UK: A girl is recovering after being bitten by a venomous spider at a Cineworld multiplex. yes, you read that correctly; not in Australia but in the UK. “A teenager needed three operations after she was bitten by a venomous spider at an Enfield cinema. Stephanie Georgiou, was bitten by a false…