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On-demand cinema in China.

Regulation of On-Demand Cinemas Could Boost China’s Box Office

Despite the recent box office success of the Chinese New Year festival, the long term growth of the market is not assured, due to over-building and lower cinema attendance in Tier Three to Five cities. Because of this hopes are pinned on the rapidly growing on-demand cinema market, sometimes also ca…

Kemerovo Winter Cherry mall fire. (photo: BBC / AFP)

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 27 March 2018

Dear Junkies, This week children burnt to death in a cinema where they had gone to watch “Sherlock Gnomes”. 11-year old Viktoria Pochankina called her aunt to tell her that her school-class was trapped in the cinema auditorium and everything was in flames. When it was clear that they wou…

Ready Player One poster

Pacific Rim Uprising Powers Past the Panther With $28 Million Debut. This Weekend at the Box Office.

Before we get into what happened this weekend I’d just like to let everyone know that this will be my last Sunday preview/recap column for Celluloid Junkie. My Scout 53 consulting business has rapidly expanded and my available bandwidth for the column has been shrinking as of late. Thanks to everyon…

Samsung Cinema LED in Onyx Arena Siglcity Switzerland. (image: Arena)

Cinema News Digest – Friday 23 March 2018

Samsung Cinema LED 3D opens in Switzerland; man dies following Vue recliner accident; Odeon Oslo opens and ends 100 year old monopoly; new Odeon HQ in Manchester; Nigeria needs 774 cinemas; 3D Pursuit bring movie magic to Uganda; best Springtime for Cinema in France in 10 years and a very British ta…

IMCINE Anuario Estadistico de Cine Mexicano 2017

New Report Details the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Mexican Film Industry

Fresh on the heels of another Mexican filmmaker winning the Oscar for Best Director, the fourth time in the last five years, the Instituto Mexicano de la Cinematografía (Mexican Film Institute), also known as IMCINE, recently published the Mexican Film Statistical Yearbook for 2017. It conveyed year…

2018 Summer Movie Preview

It’s that time of year again. Time to take a look at what Hollywood has to offer moviegoers this summer movie season in our Celluloid Junkie 2018 Summer Movie Preview. But first a few notes. Despite what the calendar indicates, summer this year starts officially on April 27 with “Infinity War…

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 20 March 2018

C&E Europe under-screened; Cineworld year-end results; Everyman profits triple; Curzon find Living Wage pays; Springtime for Cinema in France; NCM shares “undervalued” & Teperberg joins board; camcording piracy declines (except Russia); cinema returns to Ivory Coast; man suffers…

China box office to overtake US in 2019-2020. (source: Mtime)

Will China Overtake US Box Office by 2020?

The roaring success of this year’s Chinese New Year box office releases has led to renewed speculation about China soon overtaking the United States as the world’s largest cinema market. Despite the failure of previous such predictions, there is a sense that with Chinese screens now outn…

Panther Power Rules the Boxoffice Yet Again, Adding $27 million to its Massive Take. This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

WEEKEND RECAP For the fifth consecutive weekend, Marvel’s “Black Panther” found itself perched atop the boxoffice charts, tallying USD $27 million and easily defeating newcomer “Tomb Raider”’s $23 million. Panther is now up to a gargantuan USD $605 million domestic and USD $…

Lotte Cinema 'hand pay' biometric reader. (image: Lotte Cinemas)

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 13 March 2018

Dear Junkies, Disney/Marvel’s “Black Panther” is a billion dollar global phenomenon, having just taken USD $66.5 million China. The only part of the world where audiences aren’t flocking to cinemas by the millions to see this take on all-black cast superheroes and Afrofuturis…