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Les Cinemas (Gaumont) Pathe

Pathé Buying Out Gaumont Signals Further Cinema Consolidation

Gaumont is selling its 34% stake in the cinema chain Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé to majority shareholder Pathé for around EUR €380 million (USD $400 million). The circuit has 108 cinemas with 1,076 screens across France – where it is the country’s largest chain – the Netherlands, Swi…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 28 February 2017

IMAX reups with Disney through 2019, Bona Film Group will install 30 IMAX screens in China, Reading Cinemas orders a drink, RealD buys MasterImage, Volfoni expands in Egypt, CJ 4DPlex expands in Austria, MediaMation grows in China, “Newsies” is a hit for Fathom Events, Cinemark reports 2…

The Shack, Logan, Before I fall posters

Hungry Like the Wolverine: “Logan” Poised to Claw Its Way to 2017’s Heftiest Debut. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Audiences this past weekend got out en masse to see Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” to the tune of USD $30.5 million. That number, coupled with an almost unheard of horror movie Cinemascore of A- and a stunning 100% Rotten Tomatoes mark, made the film one of the true surprises of winter 2017. Sadly, that’s…

Movio and AARP 2017 Oscar Study

Study Finds Oscar Nominated Films Are Attracting Older Audiences

Though we’ll have to wait until Sunday to find out who will win Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards, a new study performed by Movio, a leading moviegoer data analytics firm, in conjunction with the social welfare organization AARP, is letting us know precisely who is watching the nine feature films…

Olympic Studios Cinema, Barnes, London (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

CJ Cinema of the Month – Olympic Studios, London, UK

Celluloid Junkie is proud to have partnered with Vista Entertainment Solutions (VES) for the Cinema of the Month series. Vista is the world’s leading cinema ticketing and software solutions company. We won’t just be featuring cinemas whose operators use Vista, but we will surely mention when t…

Hollywood Megaplex's Imax in Pasching. (photo: Megaplex)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 24 February 2017

Imax Q4 figures, NCM Q4, Belgian 2016 cinema figures, multiplexes anchor Indian malls, Cult Sauce in Manchester, Barco explains HDR, GFT wins autism friendly award, 35% of Aussies won’t watch subtitled films, Portland cinemas remembered. Canada – Q4 earnings were less than stellar for Im…

CJ China Cinema News – Thursday 23 February 2017

Alibaba losses, Baidu platform’s profit, competition in in online ticketing, China blockbuster growth, Hollywood marketing in China, CCTV cameras watch you in cinemas, release date holidays, over-60 discounts and duck necks cause fracas at cinema. Follow Celluloid Junkie on FACEBOOK for NEWS a…

South American Box Office - January 2017

South America’s January Box Office Gets 2017 Off to a Good Start

If the month of January proves to be a bellwether, than South America could be in for a banner year both in cinema attendance and box office. Though obtaining accurate figures is not always easy, based on preliminary numbers from the countries surveyed, it would seem that cinema attendance is up ove…

"1984" National Screening Day 4 April.

CJ Cinema News Digest – Wednesday 22 February 2017

“1984” US cinema protest, Landmark <3 recliners, not VR & laser, CNC flexible on windows, Lotte in missile trouble and launches VIP coupons, UCI Italy ‘blind date’ ticket, Secret Cinema oyster poisoning, iPic $250 champagne, man eats trout in cinema, Italian cinema mol…

IMAX VR centre Los Angeles

CJ Opinion: Is VR for Cinema Overhyped?

Is virtual reality (VR) the saviour or a nail in the coffin for traditional cinema going? That depends on who you talk to or what you read recently. Efforts to launch VR as a symbiotic companion to the cinema experience are gathering force, just as questions are being raised about the viability and…