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Sony CLEDIS Display

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 4 April 2017

Sony & Samsung direct view at CinemaCon, AMC-NCG deal approved; FBR bullish, Russian cinema ownership changes, Belgian cinema statistics, 50-plus cinema-goers are 1/3 of US audience, luxury seating growth, city centres attract cinemas, Clapp defends cinema, 21% VAT for Spanish cinemas stays, Ind…

Box Office - April 7, 2017 - Smurfs, Going In Style, Case for Christ

After Baldwin Becomes Box Office Boss, Moviegoers Turn to Smurfs and Seniors. This Coming Weekend at the Box Office

Well that was certainly a surprise, wasn’t it? Twentieth Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation’s “Boss Baby” pulled off a bit of a stunner, making its debut to the tune of USD $49 million and knocking Disney’s Beast off its lofty perch. The company expertly used its vocal star Alec Baldwin to its adv…

CinemaCon

Tech Potential and Promise of CinemaCon 2017

HDR (high dynamic range) seemed very vivid and a lot more certain when it was theoretical. What the term HDR implied for cinemas – Higher and lower luminance, giving both more light and more dark slices of the CIE horseshoe (more volume) and Wider Gamut (or color space if you prefer …either wa…

Boss Baby, Ghost in the Shell, Zookeeper's Wife posters

Can Anyone Dethrone Disney? ScarJo & Alec Baldwin in Diapers Take Their Best Shots. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

While “Beauty and the Beast” maintained its place atop the boxoffice charts this weekend, Lionsgate’s “Power Rangers” recharge exceeded expectations and pulled off a rather nifty USD $40 million opening. What was particularly surprising was the strength of the film with moviegoers in their late 20’s…

Gränbystaden - Nordisk Film multiplex coming in 2018. (image: artist's impression)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 22 March 2017

Nordisk takes battle to Sweden, Ymagis launches premium Sphera, Sony goes RGB laser, Hong Kong mandates cinemas, Alibaba buys Damai, release windows (redux) and Reed v League smackdown, “Beast” release in Malaysia, Springtime up 10%, putting VR into PVR, SRS “too expensive” a…

Golden Age Cinema & Bar. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski - Celluloid Junkie)

CJ Cinema of the Month – Golden Age Cinema, Sydney, Australia

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

Power rangers, Life, Chips movie posters

Trio of New Titles Try to Power Past Belle’s Boxoffice Bounty. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Ho hum, another day another Disney franchise is reborn. The live action version of “Beauty and the Beast” proved a boxoffice juggernaut this past weekend, pulling in a beastly USD $170 million domestic and another USD $180 internationally. Global BO on B&TB was led by China with USD $44 million…

Vista Murray Holdaway New Zealand Finance Minister

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 17 March 2017

Vista conference, OurScreen+Odeon, Credit Suisse ‘Underperforms’ AMC, record Mexican BO, Indian $3 ticket cap, Korea voucher expiry worry, Carmike turns to AMC, Ian Shepherd to leave Odeon, Movio Sarah promoted, André Rieu takes event cinema in-house, EclairColor CinemaCon demo, first 4D…

China cinema box office 2014-2017

CJ China Cinema News – Thursday 16 March 2017

China BO flat in first months, “Logan” deep cut in PRC, how censorship works, Imax’s Gelfond changes tune and blames BO ‘chill’ on maturing audience, “Ip Man 3” lessons not learned, parking and word-of-mouth matter to cinema goers, cinema consolidation stuck…

How Sweden’s No. 2 Cinema Chain Went 100% Cashless

Sweden’s second largest cinema chain Svenska Bio went cashless for all of its 35 cinemas on 1 November 2016. More than four months into this world-first for a major cinema chain Celluloid Junkie talked to Suzanna Renhuldt, CMO of Svenska Bio about the bold move. With cinema patrons worldwide i…