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Batman, Bondage and a Man Named Wick: Three New Titles Look To Avoid Becoming The Lesser Of All Sequels. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

To paraphrase Herman’s Hermits, third verse same as the first for M. Night and the “Split” gang. Universal’s creep-fest pulled a three-peat in winning its third consecutive weekend with a take of USD $14.8 million. “Split” edged out Paramount’s “Rings”, which could only muster USD $13 million (clos…

AMC, Odeon & UCI and Nordic Cinema Group geographic footprint

Which Cinema Chain Will AMC Buy Next?

With three one billion-dollar acquisitions in Europe in the timeframe of just ten months, AMC is by no means done with achieving Wanda’s goal of controlling 20% of global screen count. AMC’s Adam Aron has openly said that the world’s #1 cinema chain will not shy away from bolt-on a…

"Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" poster

CJ China News Digest – Thursday 2 February 2017

Chinese New Year (aka Spring Festival) is over and the box office winner is “Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back”, though it is unlikely to match the success of last year’s “The Mermaid” and has led to soul searching in the industry about everything from quality…

Ansip and Clapp

CJ + UNIC Cinema Innovation – Interview with VP European Commission Andrus Ansip and UKCA/UNIC’s Phil Clapp

Celluloid Junkie has partnered with UNIC – the International Union of Cinemas trade body for Europe and beyond – to highlight innovation in the European cinema sector. UNIC has just published a report called ‘Innovation and the Big Screen‘ (PDF link). In the run-up to its print publication at the UN…

CJ CGV Buena Park Grand Opening - Lobby

CGV Plants Flag in United States with Buena Park Opening

On Friday, January 27th CJ CGV, the South Korean based cinema operator, jump started its expansion into the United States market when it opened a brand new theatre complex in Buena Park, California. The venue, which will act as their their flagship location in the US, is a new build in a freshly ope…

Dead pool, Captain America Civil War Finding Dory Rogue One posters

2016 = Four Box Office Quarters = USD $11.372 billion

Guest columnist Patrick Corcoran, Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of cinema trade body NATO, reviews the North American box office year 2016 and finds that for the first time it was a year of four equal quarters, amongst other notable highlights. As the calendar pages flipped from 20…

CJ Cinema Property Update – Tuesday 31 January 2017

USA: CJ CGV Buena Park opens, Micon targets Wausau, Alamo Corpus Christie opening delayed. Qatar: 7-star Novo in Doha. UK: Macclesfield & Redhill cinema plans, Ipswich Empire, Movie House Belfast controversy. France: Eden 3. India: new PVR & Inox cinemas. Re-opening/re-furb: Malco Wolfchase…

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 30 January 2016

Vue flagship upgrade, AMC previews 2016 results, Dutch BO up, Japanese cinema review website, Long Eatong cinema fire was ‘arson’, Cinépolis NYC snack-shames food smugglers, Lincoln Marcus getting heated recliner upgrade and gone but not forgotten London cinemas. UK – Vue has revea…

Who is she?

Top Women in Cinema 2017 Nominations Open

Celluloid Junkie will this year once again honour some of the best, brightest and hardest working executives in the global cinema business who happen to be female. Last year’s Top 25 was incredibly well received and this year we will be expanding the list of women we salute. This year we are a…

The Space Between Us, The Comedians, Rings posters

Teen Titles Look to Derail the “Split” Freight Train on Super Bowl Weekend: This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Even as late as a month ago we never thought we’d be asking the question, “gosh, can anyone stop ‘Split’”. M. Night’s latest held in nicely in its second week, dropping only 34% on its way to a repeat #1 spot at the boxoffice this past weekend. The film’s cumulative gross is USD $78 mill…