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Regal Entertainment Group

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 6 February 2018

Dear Junkies, Cineworld’s shareholders have approved the USD $3.6 billion merger with Regal, something that was never really in doubt given that the largest voting share (29%) is controlled by the Greidinger family that proposed the merger. In the end 87% of shareholders voted in favour. The…

Fifty Shades Freed, Peter Rabbit & 15:17 To Paris

“Winchester” Fails to Blow Away Competition as “Jumanji” Returns to the Medal Platform for Yet Another Weekly Win. This Weekend at the Box Office.

WEEKEND RECAP First, a little background. Super Bowl weekend used to be a box office wasteland, a cinematic version of Chernobyl West. Studios believed that moviegoers were too busy either planning or attending Super Bowl parties and stayed away from the first weekend in February as if it had choler…

Everything You Need To Know About the Fight Between MoviePass and AMC

MoviePass made a big splash at the outset of this year’s Sundance Film Festival by announcing their plans to co-acquire titles with film distributors. After passing the 1.5 million subscriber mark earlier in the month, the movie-theater subscription service was already guaranteed to be a constant to…

Cinema Burbank CA Google Maps (image: Google Maps)

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 30 January 2018

Google Maps’ cinema ticket functionality; Inox acquires Swanston; Carnival’s $150m+/1,000 screens ambitions; Standard General up NCM stake; is box office growing or falling; “Padmaavat” losses; Island Sunday cinema protests; AudioMovie access app and Odeon Leicester Sq. plans…

Bird Watch private cinema. (image: Bird Watch)

China Cinema Digest – Monday 29 January 2018

Bird Watch to help private cinemas; Emperor Cinemas to expand Mainland luxury cinemas; China BO growth prospects uncertain; Beijing cinemas BO fraud revealed; Perfect World offloads cinemas; 200 VR cinema plans; IMAX screen damage; serving wine in cinemas; SMI Group signs partnerships, third-party t…

QR cinema tickets in Golden Village Singapore. (image: CNet)

CJ Opinion: For Cinema, the Best Defence is Offence

There are many nice things about garden leave, as I have found since leaving Odeon/UCI last year. One is having the time to think and reflect on lessons learned. Another is reconnecting with friends in other industries, which apart from being fun is also a great opportunity to draw comparisons and p…

Maze Runner Dethrones Jumanji, But Does It Mark The End of YA Adaptations? This Weekend at the Box Office

WEEKEND RECAP All good things must come to an end, and few things have been as good to Sony Pictures as the re-boot of “Jumanji,” which has exceed even the wildest expectations of the guys and gals in Culver City. “Star Wars: the Last Jedi” may technically have won the Decemb…

MoviePass

Cinema News Digest – Friday 26 January 2018

Dear Junkies, Two types of projections happen in the cinema. The first is the light, colours and shapes thrown onto the screen by the projector. The second is the dreams, hopes, joy, fear, prejudice and more that we as an audience invest in the big screen for the two hour duration of the film. ThisR…

Facebook Fandango Integration

Did Facebook Just Reveal Their Plans To Sell Cinema Tickets? – BREAKING NEWS

Facebook has inadvertently revealed its ambition to directly sell cinema tickets through its platforms. A job posting on the social media giant’s Career’s page for Sales & Marketing seeks applications for ‘Monetization Product Marketing Manager – Movies’. The senior…

"Padmaavat" is subject of attacks and threats of violence.

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 23 January 2018

Dear Junkies, How much is MoviePass worth and what are its business prospects? Predicting this currently is a fool’s errand, because there are simply too many unknowns. The unknowns include how fast it will burn through its cash reserves, what revenue potential its data-play holds and whether…