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CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 27 January 2017

Japan 2016 BO up 8%, record Kiwi BO year, Major Cineplex to add 80 screens, Atom Tickets partners Bow Tie Cinemas, Mars renews Sony 4K wows, Bollywood back in Pakistani cinemas, PVR wants to buy 100 screens, Christie RGB laser with Major Cineplex and Taiwan Showtime Cinemas, Severtsons SAT-4K screen…

#ECACON2017 ECA Melissa Cogavin

#ECACON2017 Preview – Interview With Melissa Cogavin

CJ interviews ECA's Melissa Cogavin ahead of the #ECACON2017 conference in London on Friday 3 February 2017

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

CJ China News Digest – Thursday 26 January 2017

Advance ticket sales up ahead of Spring Festival, market share of online ticketing revealed, little cinema consolidation in 2016, should BO count include service charge, Xiao Feng reveals cinema expansion plans, Wang's Davos transcript, 6.7 was average score for Chinese films released in 2016.

Dadi Digital Cinema

Dadi Challenges Wanda With $0.5bn China Cinema Acquisition

Dadi has acquired the China cinema operation of Orange Sky Golden Harvest for close to $0.5bn, intensifying rivalry with its larger competitor Wanda.

Eddy Duquesne, CEO Kinepolis Group. (photo: Kinepolis)

CJ + UNIC Cinema Innovation – Interview With Eddy Duquenne, CEO, Kinepolis Group

CJ interviews Kinepolis CEO Eddy Duquenne as part of our partnership with UNIC examining cinema innovation in Europe in conjunction with their new report.

Denver's Pot Palladium cinema - could spell trouble. (photo: the Racket Report)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Wednesday 25 January 2017

Weed-related stabbing in Dutch cinema, exhibitor shares up in US, INOQ Q3 profits fall, bed cinema in Japan, Lincoln's ban on multiplexes stays, "La La Land" in EclairColor, fire in cinema that was cannabis farm, "word's oldest cinema" celebrates 109th birthday.

Jim Whittlesey (photos: Facebook)

Remembering Digital Cinema Veteran Jim Whittlesey (1953-2017)

It is with profound sadness that we learned on Monday afternoon that our friend, colleague and digital cinema pioneer Jim Whittlesey passed away unexpectedly over the weekend at the age of 63. It is said that if you want something done, give it to a busy man, and there was nobody harder working in d…

Stockland Green Hills' Hoyts cinema plans. (image: artist's impression)

CJ Cinema Property Update – Tuesday 24 January 2017

Australia: New Hoyts in Stockland. Poland: Warsaw's Blue City gets Helios, Kepnie gets OH Kino. USA: Studio Movie Grill in Texas. UK: The Light in Hanley, Merlin 4-screen in Bodmin, Montrose's pool plan. Qatar: Vox in Doha Festival City. India: Rajhans in Panchkula. Malaysia: MBO flagship in KL's St…

The End of “Evil”, Doggie Downers and McConaughey Goes for the “Gold”: This Coming Weekend at the Box Office

To the astonishment of everyone not named M. Night Shyamalan, Universal’s “Split” doubled up poor defenseless Vin Diesel and claimed this past weekend’s box office crown. The movie’s USD $40 million opening was the director’s best since 2004’s “The Village”. “XXX: Retur…

AMC Odeon Nordic Carmike. (image: Celluloid Junkie)

AMC Buys Nordic Cinema Group for $929 Million – Here Is What You Need to Know

Wanda-controlled AMC has further expanded its global reach by acquiring Nordic Cinema Group (NCG) for SEK 8.25 billion (USD $929 million) in an all-cash deal, only a month after completing its acquisition of Carmike in the US and Odeon & UCI in UK and Europe. Nordic is the parent company of SF B…