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“It” Countdown Officially Begins After Latest Weekend Box Office Debacle. Hang in There Everyone, T Minus 11 Days and Counting. This Week at the Box Office.

Oh sure, the Mayweather/McGregor fight took a bite out of the boxoffice this weekend and Hurricane Harvey did a number on theatres in Texas but let’s be clear, the main culprit in yet another calamitous weekend at your local multiplex was a collection of new titles that would normally be found on sc…

Vista Group first half 2017 results. (side: Vista Group)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 25 August 2017

Vista and Kinepolis results are good; UK passes 100m admissions; BO summer actually not bad; Carnival buy Singapore cinemas and Umrothkar new CEO; Star Wars fan brawl in cinema; Cineworld evacuation, IBC session on cinema innovation and “Dunkirk” aspect ratio rant. New Zealand – Re…

MoviePass and AMC

CJ Analysis: MoviePass Strategy is a Big Data Gamble

Last week, when MoviePass lowered its “unlimited” moviegoing plan to just USD $9.95 per month, the ensuing news stories and their associated clickbait headlines could have written themselves. Each found it necessary to explain precisely what MoviePass is and remind readers of the company’s sev…

The first Cine Q opening on 24 Nov. (image: Cine Q)

Asia-Pac Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 23 August 2017

Korea first Cine Q, CGV in Bulsan; China new Cinker, oval dome IMAX; Japan Aeon in Nagano; India PVR Icon & regular multiplex in Pune; Singapore: Cathay in Parkway; Australia Event Cinema Sunshine Coast Closing: Lotte Jeju. Korea (Republic of, South) – New cinema operator Cine Q has unvei…

Duration between cinema and home release of Hollywood films 2005-2016. (image: Muvi)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 22 August 2017

No PVoD agreement, Regal Re-seating, Lotte corruption accusations, PVR takes “Inhumas” wide, Vista buys Senda stake, Odeon audio complaints, Paraguay cinema boom, South Africa ticket hike, “Annabelle” frightens, Lego ScreenX, Dirty Dancing outdoor fail, India anthem arrests a…

“Hitman’s Bodyguard” Topples Unlucky Soderbergh on Yet Another Listless Weekend at the Movies. This Week at the Boxoffice.

Death, where is thy sting? Another weekend, another new low and yet another 30% tumble at the boxoffice. As painful as it is to analyze, here we go. Well so much for noble experiments. Much was made over the past few months about the revolutionary marketing and distribution blueprint from the mind o…

Vision Time private cinema. (photo: 36Kr)

CJ China Cinema News – Friday 18 August 2017

Private Cinemas for Tier 3 & 4, Luxe Laser in Shangahi, JD.com + WePiao, Dadi’s Deputy GM Xu interview, HG Entertainment fund expansion, Evergrande 100th cinema, “Wolf Warrior 2” ticket fraud, fans ‘lock’ screenings for stars, “Manchester by the Sea” fir…

Anga Cinemas CEO Oleksii Sierkov is bringing 4DX to East Africa. (photo: Daily Nation)

EMEA Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 16 August 2017

Kenya’s first 4DX; Germany Manhattan Erlangen, Dortmund Cinestar Brackel, Luxor Filmpalast Heidelberg; France Neufchâteau three-screen; Poland Helios Vivo! and Warsaw Cinema City. Closing: France Ecran 7; Germany Cineplex Dormagen Switzerland Kino City Bern. London’s stunning Picturehous…

Cine Cart CIP

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 15 August 2017

Paris indie cinema pre-pay card, Helios profits, CGV weak local BO, Inox to grow to +500 screens, UK/US cinema films released annually, tech of S.African cinemas, N.Ireland Cinema Day, new CEO for Nordisk, Indian censor fired, Ozark Henry in Auro 11.1, coconut water in cinemas and 9 things you only…

Logan Lucky Hitman's Bodyguard posters

“Annabelle” is Tres Belle But Moviegoers Develop Allergies to “Nut Job 2”. Now Can “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” Save Us From a Disastrous August? This Week at the Boxoffice.

Well now that’s more like it. The heck with Tom Cruise, exploding Transformers and half naked Baywatch women, when all else fails turn to a possessed doll to salvage a summer weekend. WB’s “Annabelle: Creation” performed a neat little trick this weekend in that a prequel almost matched its orginal…