EU Box Office Hits Record High in 2015, But With France Anomaly
European Audiovisual Observatory finds that BO and admissions grew to record highs in 2015, but the picture was nuanced for the largest EU cinema territory France.
Wrapping Up Our Thoughts On CinemaCon 2016
CJ editors, contributors and industry professionals share their thoughts and takes on this years CinemaCon and NAB, including Screening Room, 120fps and swag.
CJ Cinema Digest – Wednesday 4 May 2016
Re-seating is key for Regal and AMC, cheap Spanish cinema, Secret Cinema secrets revealed, Cineplex's Langhammer is Exhibitor of the Year, Reel's VIP cinemas, #Cinnovate in Cannes, Cineworld 4DX x10, Jakarta cinema for blind, Indian cinema F&B feast, Lotte in Hong Kong and burn in hell movie pirates…
CJ @ CinemaCon: Exhibition and Distribution – Collaborating and Partnering for the Greater Cause
At this year’s CinemaCon, if the keynote addresses given on International Day were noteworthy for reporting on the health and well being of the industry as a whole, then the panel discussion on collaboration between exhibition and distribution may have been the most informative session in term…
CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 29 April 2016
Ex-Centris bankrupt - MK2 looks elsewhere in Montreal, Regal Q1 figures, Ymagis buys ST'501, goodbye popcorn - hello intermission, lots of cinema openings and artist's impressions.
Cinema of the Month: PVR Icon, Mumbai, India
Mumbai's first PVR Icon is our Cinema of the Month for April. See what a five-star luxury screen in the heart of Bollywood looks like.
CJ Cinema Digest – Wednesday 27 April 2016
Hotels embrace in-house cinemas, India ticket policing, cockroaches in Cinestar, Rudolph Buet fetted, Cranston's cinema closes, Pathe renovation, Noida to double screen count and keeping it reel.
CJ @ CinemaCon: “Adapting Our Organizations and Tools to Succeed in a Digital World,” Julien Marcel, CEO, Webedia US
Webedia's Julien Marcel gave a a terrific overview at CinemaCon of digital disruption and how cinemas can use collaboration tools to succeed.
CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 25 April 2016
CGV mulls divests, VPF transparency call, Helios expansion, Prince in cinema, Saudi Arabia cinema, Marathi films mandated, "Deadpool" alcohol raid, Japan's 1st dine-in cinema and more
CJ @ CinemaCon: International Keynotes Highlight Growing Global Industry
Each year before CinemaCon officially gets underway, the show’s organizers hold a day of seminars and panels focused on the international marketplace. Appropriately dubbed International Day, in the five years since the annual convention first started being held, the international keynote addre…