“Avatar: the Way of Water” walked away empty-handed from the Golden Globes this week, but it continues to rain gold on James Cameron’s sci-fi epic where it truly matters: the cinema box office. The film is approaching the global USD $2 billion mark and is now the fifth-biggest Inte…

For anyone who took the Christmas and New Year’s holidays off, welcome back. We hope your 2023 is off to a productive and fruitful beginning. For those of you who may have worked through the holiday break, such as the hundreds of thousands of ushers, cashiers, servers and concession stand work…

Cinema operators all across the globe are dreaming of a blue Christmas. Filmmaker James Cameron is the unlikely high-tech Santa, who they hope will make all their box office wishes come true. The early signs for “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which opened this week/end are auspicious. Indee…

The CineAsia show held this week was a return to form in the new/former home of Bangkok after a gap of three shows, since its last event in Hong Kong in 2018. While it had been previously held in Bangkok many years ago, there were a lot of uncertainties about the move and inevitable challengesRead M…

While it is widely disputed whether certain businesses slow down during the month of December, there can be no debate on the subject when it comes to the cinema industry, especially as 2022 draws to a close. After two pandemic-dampened years, the business is spending the last four weeks of this one…

This week was the Thanksgiving Holiday in the United States and US cinema operators are giving particular thanks to Netflix for having gifted them a sequel to a blockbuster with an all-star cast and, most importantly, a full one-month window before it streams. Call it a turkey holiday with a large h…

Each year, as we put together our annual Top Women In Global Cinema list, we do so with a great deal of trepidation. While we seek nominations from throughout the industry, we always fear overlooking an important or deserving industry professional that should have made the list. Maybe the best examp…

This year’s third quarter earnings announcements for entertainment companies and exhibitors finally wrapped up last week and it was a mixed bag if ever there was one. Consumer cord-cutting of pay-television subscriptions continued to grow. As well, with fewer viewers to reach via linear TV and…

Anyone who missed last week’s CJ Cinema Summit featuring guests David Keighley and Craig Dehmel from IMAX, have no fear, you can watch the session on demand here. For those of us living in the United States, the past two months has been filled with countless political ads and endless media cov…