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Hurricane Irma (image: NASA)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 11 September 2017

Irma closes Florida cinemas; Showcase UK makes loss; two analysts weigh in on cinema upgrades; Spain’s 20% cinema VAT won’t be reduced yet; CNC is filthy rich; Bollywood films get shorter; scary clown in cinema auditorium; Val Morgan grows cine ad business; and cinematic life in North Ko…
American Assasin Mother! Brad's Status posters

Alive! “It” is ALIVE!!! Creepy Clown Obliterates Boxoffice Records Galore as Moviegoers Prove It’s The Quality, Stupid! This Week at the Boxoffice.

Just when we needed it most, “It” gelled up the cardiac defibrillator paddles, yelled “clear!”, and proceeded to provide a desperately needed 300 joule jolt to the domestic boxoffice system with a monumental USD $117 million opening here in North America. The list of records that the film adaptation…
Jennifer Douglass of AMC Theatres

CJ Interview: Dining-In with Jennifer Douglass of AMC Theatres

Jennifer Douglass is living proof that the movie business can get into your blood and make it difficult to pursue other professions. She has been working in motion picture exhibition since a day before her 15th birthday when she was hired by AMC Theatres as a popcorn scooper. More than 29 years late…
Oldham's Town Hall is now a stunning Odeon cinema. (photo: Nick Caville / RIBA J)

UK Cinema Property Update – 7 September 2017

Oldham‘s stunning Odeon; Cineworld Warrington, Dover and Ipswich; Odeon Glasgow Quay; Omniplex Ulster; Reel Chorley; Savoy in Doncaster stalled; Scotsman Hotel Edinburgh two-screener; Everyman Newcastle; Merlin Bodmin plans approved; TBC barge objections in Grimsby and Hemel Hempsted 9-screen,…
Studio C proposal for Grand Rapids. (image: artist's impression)

US Cinema Property Update – 6 September 2017

The latest news on cinema properties in the US and Canada – Loeks’ Studio C in Grand Rapids; Bow Tie Albany; Cinemark in Abiline, TX; Maya in Las Vegas; Cinépolis in Glade Park, Dallas, TX. Crowne Pointe delay. Marcus BistroPlex Re-opening: Peninsula Movie Bistro, Maya Salinas, Regal re-…
Coca-Cola's Trade Show Booth at CineEurope 2017

CJ + Coke Retail Insights: Unlock Cinema Retail Growth With Disruptive Innovation

Celluloid Junkie has partnered with the Coca-Cola Company for a series of sponsored features highlighting what Coke does in cinemas, as well as exploring insights in retail both inside and outside the cinema industry. In this article we summarise the Retail Seminar hosted by Coca-Cola at CineEurope…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 5 September 2017

Lotte to enter Indonesia and gets Cinema LED; CGV 50th cinema in Vietnam; Australia ticket price war; Everyman revenue up 55%; Timeplay funding; interview Cinemaxx past and present head; India GST strain; Russia cinema van attack; Utah beer and cinema case win; CGV popcorn home delivery and art-deco…
"You think you’ve seen scary clowns?" (photo: WB)

Moviegoers Turn the Page on Frightful Summer 2017 as a Killer Clown Arrives to Kickstart Fall in Style. How High Can “It” Go? This Week at the Boxoffice.

Back in November 1980, boxer Roberto Duran famously uttered the phrase, “no mas, no mas!”, thereby ending his historic bout with the great Sugar Ray Leonard. Moviegoers have one thing to say to you, Manos de Pietra.  We feel your pain. Labor Day here in the U.S. brought Bummer Summer 2017 mercifully…
Damola Layonu, Filmhouse Cinemas, Nigeria

CJ Interview: Damola Layonu – Filmhouse Cinemas, Nigeria

Nigeria is the world’s second largest market in terms of films produced and it is now also Africa’s fastest growing cinema market, with multiplexes, IMAX screens and VIP cinemas catering to the prosperous Nigerian middle class. Having first met and been impressed by him at CineEurope, Ce…
CJ CGV hearts Karo Cinemas

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 29 August 2017

CGV to buy Karo? US cinema advertising up; ‘Cine Cool’ in eastern France, Alamo goes clowns-only for ‘It’; Cineville stormed on terrorist fears; “Game of Thrones” in cinemas; LightVibes to foil piracy; Cinepolis Kochi closed; “Gone With the Wind” de-pr…
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Industry Briefs

  • PaperAirplane Media - The Hanger

    PaperAirplane’s Hangar Passes Two Million Downloads as Cinema Marketing Goes Social

    Sep 30, 2026
  • American Film Market - Century Plaza Hotel - Los Angeles

    Festivals and Film Markets Find New Routes Into Cinemas

    Sep 30, 2026
  • Bleecker Street - Frank Martinzez, Head of Distribution

    Bleecker Street and Marcus Theatres Recruit for a Changing Theatrical Market

    Sep 30, 2026
  • Trafalgar Releasing & HYBE presents HYBE Cine Fest 2026, a week-long global cinema event taking place in theaters worldwide

    Event Cinema Starts Looking Less Alternative

    Sep 30, 2026
  • Mitch Neuhauser - CinemaCon

    Cinema United Announces Leadership Changes as Neuhauser Plans 2028 CinemaCon Exit

    Sep 30, 2026
  • Bill Walker - CEO, Cineplex

    Cineplex Names Bill Walker CEO as Board Explores a Sale

    Sep 23, 2026
  • Lumma - Cinemark Abasto Shopping - 4D E-Motion

    Immersive Cinema Goes Global… and Local

    Sep 23, 2026
  • The Opening Ceremony at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025 on December 04, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    RSIFF Pauses as the Middle East Festival Calendar Changes

    Sep 23, 2026

Popular Posts

  • Malta Film Commissioner Johann Grech has ambition plans for the island nation's future as a filming location, and he's using the Mediterrane Film Festival to bring Malta to the industry's attention (Photo: Courtesy Mediterrane Film Festival)

    How the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta Is Putting the Island on the Map for Filmmakers

    Jul 10, 2026
  • IND/EX 2026 brought independent cinemas and film festivals together in Chicago to focus on community, sustainability, advocacy and resilience

    IND/EX 2026: Big Theatre Chains Have Customers. Independent Cinemas Have Communities.

    Jul 12, 2026
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    International Box Office Recovery Accelerates as Local Films Gain Ground

    Jul 12, 2026
  • (From left) Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, Cinema United President & CEO, Michael O'Leary

    Cinema United Didn’t Back the Paramount-Warner Merger. It Put Its Terms on the Table.

    Aug 21, 2026
  • Nathalie Kaiser, Rentrak Manager, Statistics and Research, Cathy Huis in ’t Veld-Esser, Gofilex CTO and co-owner, Miguel Rivera, Cinépolis Group VP Global Film Programming and Content, Johnny Carr, Vue International Head of Event Cinema and Distribution, Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, and Paul Huis in ’t veld, Gofilex CEO, during the ICTA Focus Session, "How Event Cinema, Live Experiences & Streaming Technology Are Set to Transform Cinema-Going" at CineEurope 2026 in Barcelona, Spain on June 23, 2026.

    Event Cinema Is Becoming an Always-On Business

    Aug 10, 2026
  • Paramount Warner Bros. Merger - Antitrust Settlement

    The Paramount-Warner Merger Is Permanent. The Guardrails for Movie Theatres Are Not

    Sep 22, 2026
  • Cinerama Dome - Hollywood, California

    Cinerama Dome Revival Gives Sony a Hollywood Flagship for Its Exhibition Ambitions

    Jul 22, 2026
  • (From Left) Daniel Loria of Boxoffice Pro, Adam Rymer from Regal, Brock. Bagby of B&B Theatres, Valmir Fernandes from Cinemark, Nicole Woods of RealD and Rolando Rodriguez from Lumma, during CinéShow 2026 in Dallas, Texas on August 25, 2026.

    Cinemas Aren’t Just Marketing Movies Anymore. They’re Marketing Auditoriums

    Sep 15, 2026

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