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AMC Theatres - New York City
May 11, 2022

Negative Cinema Industry Numbers Never Looked So Good

This week’s Marquee editorial comes to you from both our editor, Patrick von Sychowski, and myself. Looking at the earnings announcements made by some of the leading companies in the exhibition industry over the past two weeks one could easily grow increasingly pessimistic seeing all the red i…
Top Gun: Maverick
May 7, 2022

One Blockbuster Does Not A Box Office Recovery Make

Can one film save cinema? The obvious answer is no. Yet this does not stop excessive expectations from being attached to specific titles on the post-COVID release schedule. The potential and/or actual performance of said title then triggers an outpouring of column-inches predicting that the cinema p…
April 30, 2022

CinemaCon Confirms Movie Theatres Ain’t Dead Yet

We’re sending out this week’s newsletter later than our usual Wednesday publication schedule because we were attending CinemaCon in Las Vegas since last Sunday and wanted to bring you all the highlights. Trying to capture all the ceremonies, industry panels, studio presentations and over…
Post Truth
April 20, 2022

Cinemas Are Killing Netflix (And We’re Only Half-Joking)

The news that Netflix lost subscribers in the first quarter of this year for the first time in a decade no doubt caused some Schadenfreude amongst cinema operators, scarred as they were by pandemic-induced headlines proclaiming the demise of cinema at the altar of streaming. The news that Netflix lo…
Filmstaden Concessions
April 13, 2022

Movie Theatres Should Resist Urge to Raise Prices

What do “The Exorcist,” “American Graffiti” and “Live and Let Die” have in common? Film history buffs will know that they were the films that American cinema audiences flocked to in 1973. This was the last time we saw an energy shock and price inflation comparable…
Warner Bros. Discovery Management Team
April 8, 2022

Putting Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Into Perspective

As I type these words, executives at Discovery Inc. are putting the finishing touches on their USD $43 billion acquisition of WarnerMedia. The deal was announced last May and came as a shock, since AT&T had just purchased Time Warner three years earlier after a lengthy court battle with the Unit…
The Cast of CODA at the Academy Awards
April 1, 2022

Does CODA Oscar Win Represent the End of Movies?

If you were hoping this week’s CJ Marquee editorial would expound on actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, you might be disappointed. There are plenty of other places to read hot takes on the shocking incident and keep abreast of all the latest finger pointing over who i…
2022 AARP Movies For Grownups Winners
March 25, 2022

Once Again, COVID Closes Cinemas In China

While the cinema industry’s focus is on the upcoming Oscars and the world’s eyes are on the war in Ukraine, China is moving back into full lockdown region-by-region and city-by-city. Beijing’s “Zero Covid” policy means a clamp down on any cluster of outbreaks, even if i…
Anton Sviatoslav Greene in The Guide
March 17, 2022

Cinema Industry Plays Small Role In Overcoming a Global Crisis

Back in February of 2020, when the coronavirus seemed to be an issue only affecting China, we were actively wary of the spreading virus becoming the only news Celluloid Junkie covered. After all, we had other matters to write about, like the upcoming CinemaCon. Of course, by March, COVID-19 had shut…
Amazon Acquisition of MGM
March 10, 2022

War Turns Ukrainian Cinemas Into Bomb Shelters

Watching the Twitter footage of the bombed out Youth Centre cinema in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, I was reminded of the National Picture Theatre in the UK city of Hull. The latter cinema was largely destroyed by a German bomb in March 1941. When the air-raid siren sounded, the cinema was screen…
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