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"The Mummy" 2017.

“Woman Woman” Grabs the $100 Million Ring but Can Tom Cruise and His Dear Old Mummy Pull Off a Monstrous Upset? (Spoiler: Not Likely). This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Powered by a 52% female demographic (positively unheard of for a superhero movie), a Rotten Tomatoes score in the 90’s and a straight A Cinemascore, Gal Gadot put the gold bracelets to good use and scored a historic USD $100.5 million opening in North America and another USD $122 million overseas (L…

CNN's The Screening Room

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 2 June 2017

Screening Room hype, IMAX & AMC shares down, Indian cinema up, PVR 1,000 screen in 2020, RealD’s Lewis defends 3D, Cineplex thinks outside the box (office), Lebanon boycotts WW, CNN faults 4DX, UK arthouse problems, Barco Escape’s ‘The Recall’ reviewed, ‘Rogue One…

A jukebox of film selections. (image: Sohu)

CJ China Cinema News – Thursday 1 June 2017

Private cinema plans, FT’s China market overview, quota re-negotiations in August, “Dangal” to cross CNY ¥1 billion, Fan Bingbing supports art-house, fixed-fee imports, Hong Kong’s cinema push, ‘vertical industry chain integration’, Dadi live cinema concert, pre-…

Laura Houlgatte, UNIC

EXCLUSIVE: CJ Interviews UNIC’s New CEO Laura Houlgatte

On the same day that “Wonder Woman” began conquering multiplexes all over the world, it was revealed that a no less formidable female force will be in charge of European cinema trade body UNIC. Laura Houlgatte Abbott, who has served as UNIC’s EU Affairs Executive for over two years…

UCI Imax Bergamo Italy

CJ Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 31 May 2017

Italy: UCI Bergamo opens Malaysia: GSC Maxx Cheras Australia: Palace in Mercato, Kepsey four-screen USA: Cineplanet 15 delayed UK: Empire Southend, Macclesfield 6-screen, Newmarket cinema, The Depot in Lewes, Wolverhampton 12-screen, Bodminto Merlin plans, Basildon discussions China: India: Cinepoli…

Pirate of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 30 May 2017

Worst Memorial BO weekend in 18 years, but cinema stocks up-ish, Screening Room patents, Bollywood looks outside metros, grown films for ‘baby’ screenings in UK, Vox Ramadan afternoon opening and Ramadan food restrictions in Dubai cinemas, pricey Imax VR still expanding, live screening i…

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

Alamo Drafthouse Spins Success Out of Controversy Over Women-Only Screenings of “Wonder Woman”

It’s hard to know if Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas was aware of the public outcry that would occur upon scheduling a women-only screening of the upcoming Warner Bros. super hero release “Wonder Woman,” or if perhaps provoking protest, however trivial, was all part of a scheme to draw in audiences. After…

Gal Gadot as "Wonder Woman"

Move Aside Boys. Despite Early Challenges, Wonder Woman Appears Primed to Rescue Franchise-Fatigued Hollywood. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

“Nevertheless, she persisted” is a phrase famously uttered by US Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell in reference to fellow Senator Elizabeth Warren back in February but it could also sum up “Wonder Woman”s quest to finally make it to the big screen, more than 75 years after debuting as an All S…

Ayame Misaki and Masatoshi Nagase in Naomi Kawase's Radiance

Moviegoing Accessibility Takes A Dramatic Turn at Cannes In Naomi Kawase’s “Radiance”

In bright daylight, a man, in his thirties or early forties, pushes into a crowd. He wears a lanyard around his neck; a badge that reads “Cannes – 70 – Presse” dangles from the end. Others wear them too. The journalist hands his shoulder bag to a security guard and steps through a metal…

PVR box office India

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 26 May 2017

GST 28% upsets Indian cinemas, Korean cinemas convicted, Novo innovation insights, Eye Cinema awarded, Bengaluru cinema plans not welcomes, CGV concession sales grow, popcorn predicted to grow, Empire ‘first full-seat D-Box’ auditorium, Wonder Woman woman-only screening annoys whiny men.…