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Gal Gadot as "Wonder Woman"

Move Aside Boys. Despite Early Challenges, Wonder Woman Appears Primed to Rescue Franchise-Fatigued Hollywood. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

“Nevertheless, she persisted” is a phrase famously uttered by US Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell in reference to fellow Senator Elizabeth Warren back in February but it could also sum up “Wonder Woman”s quest to finally make it to the big screen, more than 75 years after debuting as an All S…

Ayame Misaki and Masatoshi Nagase in Naomi Kawase's Radiance

Moviegoing Accessibility Takes A Dramatic Turn at Cannes In Naomi Kawase’s “Radiance”

In bright daylight, a man, in his thirties or early forties, pushes into a crowd. He wears a lanyard around his neck; a badge that reads “Cannes – 70 – Presse” dangles from the end. Others wear them too. The journalist hands his shoulder bag to a security guard and steps through a metal…

PVR box office India

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 26 May 2017

GST 28% upsets Indian cinemas, Korean cinemas convicted, Novo innovation insights, Eye Cinema awarded, Bengaluru cinema plans not welcomes, CGV concession sales grow, popcorn predicted to grow, Empire ‘first full-seat D-Box’ auditorium, Wonder Woman woman-only screening annoys whiny men.…

Private cinema in China. (photo: xxcmw)

China’s Recognition of Private Cinemas to Grow Box Office

The introduction of a new media law on 21 April by media regulator SAPPRFT could see China’s box office count grow significantly, by including earnings from the country’s numerous private cinemas. The new law offers legitimacy to the previously grey market, which is starting to attract i…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales on ScreenX

Cinema Surround Screens Battle For Film Content

The battle between three rival cinema surround-screen operators is heating up, with different films used to promote the various immersive premium large format (PLF) propositions. CJ 4DPlex has secured two major Hollywood titles for ScreenX, while Barco’s Escape will next focus on films shot sp…

Claude Lelouche's legendary screening room. (photo: Les Films 13)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 24 May 2017

France: Lelouche’s Paris cinema sold, China: Jiaxing Imax opens UK: Warrington contractor appointed for Cineworld, Oswestry single-screen, Everyman Stratford preview. Re-opening: PVR Mani Sq Kolkatta, Scorsese, Weinstein and Joel support Sag Harbor, Finnkino saves Maxim Closing: Marcus Old Cr…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 23 May 2017

Screenvision for sale, mm2 wants to buy GV, Cineworld results, Picturehouse strike talks, Korea P2P cinema investment, India’s GST for cinema set for 28%, Kerala cinema boycott, “un-islamic” Malaysian cinemas, Met Opera big in Germany, Vue Romford stabbing, Hyderabad cinema hydrati…

Bona and Wanda agreement.

CJ China Cinema News – Monday 22 May 2017

Wanda gets Bona cinemas, yet isn’t China’s largest circuit; Dadi launches event cinema; Dangal surprise Bollywood blockbuster; BesTV signs private cinema agreement; Times United Cinema IPO; no summer blackout for Hollywood; The Great Wall earnings; Shanghai DFC Baoshan Studios loyalty pu…

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales & Baywatch posters

Can Depp and His Salty Crew Make The Rock and the Baywatch Babes Walk the Plank This Memorial Day Holiday? This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

There’s star power galore coming to a multiplex near you this Memorial Day weekend with stars such as Johnny Depp, Dwayne Johnson, Javier Bardem and Zac Efron, to name but a few. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” and “Baywatch” try to lure moviegoers away from their barbeques for so…

Projection Issue Spoils Netflix Cannes Debut

No doubt the Cannes Film Festival wishes to put the discussion surrounding their programming two Netflix titles at this year’s festival behind them. Yet in an ironic moment that underscored the ongoing debate of selecting films that will never be released in cinemas, and depending on how far you wan…