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CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 25 July 2017

mm2 won’t buy GV, US Q2 ticket prices, China island cinema, China invests in Vietnam’s Beta, CGR’s LightVibes reviewed, Everyman 1H ‘successful’, UAE arthouse, Tamil Nadu under-multiplexes, Movies@ profits, trailer releases, MK2 evacuation, The Light fire, Cayman Regal…

Emoji movie, Atomic Blond, Inconvenient Sequel movie posters.

“Dunkirk” Proves That Yes Virginia, American Moviegoers Crave Quality Filmmaking. But Can They Now Hold Off Poop Emojis? This Week at the Boxoffice.

Answering those critics who questioned whether a film in the middle of summer with British accents would appeal to American audiences, we present Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk”, which exceeded expectations to the tune of USD $50 million and easily won the weekend. The film reaped the benefits of Nola…

Adam Aron Has a Banner Year at AMC

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 21 July 2017

AMC denies rumours, Megabox smartens ‘crew’, Deny drops ‘convenience’ charge, PayTM allows cancellation, Inox looks to premium, PVR boosts F&B spend, WB-Cineas spat in Spain, Galway art-house failure liquidated, Joe Masher Historical President, PVR PCI DSS, mother & s…

Palace Cinemas in Monee Pond's Puckle Street. (image: Katherine Manger / artist's impression)

CJ Cinema (ROW) Property Update – Thursday 20 July 2017

Australia: Palace Melbourne Japan: Aeon Chofu, United Cinemas Okinawa Israel: Yes Planet Zikhron Yaakov Poland: Helio Katowice USA: Bow Tie Troy, Montclair Imax, Boulder art-house, GQT Lafayette India: Mukta A2 x2, SPI Bengaluru, Inox Noida, PVR Kota France: 4 Delta Varenne Czech Rep.: Cinema City…

"Welcome to Cineworld South Ruislip" (photo: Harrow Times)

CJ Cinema (UK) Property Update – Wednesday 19 July 2017

Cineworld: South Ruislip, Colchester, Leeds, Plymouth Curzon: Hoxton (London) Everyman: Newcastle Odeon: Stafford, Leeds The Light: Redhill, Birmingham, Sittingbourne Vue: Glasgow No operator: Northamptonshire, Grimsby, Tunbridge Wells, Forge Island Re-furb/Re-opening: Oxford Phoenix Picture House,…

A 4DX-Screen X theater at CGV Yongsan (photo: CJ CGV)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 18 July 2017

CGV and Megabox fight back against Lotte, CGV Q2 results buoyed by overseas, Vue for sale, Mk2 3rd biggest in Spain, Odeon’s ‘blockbuster tax’, Chennai GST ticket sales drop, Abirami drops ‘convenience fee’, Indian cinema ad grows 20%, France cinema 6 month dip, smokin…

Lotte Cinema World Tower in Seoul on July 13, Samsung Electronics CEO Kim Hyun Suk, director of the video display business (from the right), Yang Woo-suk, film director, and Lotte Cinema Dimension CEO, are presenting the Cinema LED screens.

First Reviews Are In For Samsung’s Cinema LED Screen

Samsung Electronics unveiled the first installation of its Cinema LED technology on 13 July in Seoul’s Lotte Cinemas World Tower 13 multiplex auditorium dubbed ‘Super S’. Samsung first demonstrated the technology at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas in March this year and achie…

Valerian Dunkirk Girls Trip posters.

Hail Caesar! Apes Run Amuck, Toppling Spidey. But Christopher Nolan and Winston Churchill Are Primed to Do Battle. This Week at the Boxoffice.

Traveling this weekend so sorry for the brevity of this week’s article but let’s get to the basics… Coming in at the top end of expectations and only slightly over a million off from where we had it last Monday, “War for the Planet of the Apes” got off to a strong start with USDRead More

Vue West End Reopening - Marquee and Exterior

Vue West End Flagship Reopens To Impress

On Monday, July 10th, the Vue West End cinema in London’s Leicester Square reopened after having been closed for four months to complete extensive refurbishing. “We want to set a new standard for what is possible in the West End,” declared Kevin Styles, UK & Ireland Managing Di…

Wish Upon, War for the Planets of the Apes, Big Sick posters

Homecoming Weekend: Sony & Marvel Brilliantly Resurrect the “Spider-man” Franchise, while the Apes wait in the Wings. This Week at the Boxoffice.

Now that’s more like it. Sony and Marvel proved you can go home again, especially if that home now encompasses the Marvel Universe as “Spider-man: Homecoming” rebooted to the tune of USD $117 million. As late as midweek many in the industry were debating if SMH had a shot at cracking the USD $100…