China’s SMI Cinemas Launches Amazon-Style Delivery Service
SMI cinemas, known as Stellar International Cineplex in China, has launched an Amazon Prime-style delivery service with 2,000 vehicles servicing 2km area around each cinema.
CJ Cinema Property Update – Tuesday 10 January 2017
USA: Cinépolis goes VIP in NE, Carmike in Anderson Towne, Morehead Foundry down with hipsters, CinéBistro hiring in Baltimore; India: Cinépolis in Hyderabad; Gulf: Nov's laser Imax in Qater, Reel and City Walk become Roxy in Dubai; France: Paris' Etoile Cinémas is arthouse of tomorrow, quality three…
Help Wanted: More $100 Million Movies in 2017
How many films will cross the $100m mark for US domestic this year? We peer into our 2017 boxoffice crystal ball, but only find a handful of stand-outs.
CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 9 January 2017
Qatar-Novo 7-star partnership, UK/IE BO up 1.45%, SRS Cinema for sale, Richard's Vue keynote, Tim says not to iPhone "Theater Mode", Saudia Arabia's cinema "enemies", Regal-Imax 11-screen deal, India crackdown on F&B cinema overcharging, drunk cop drops gun in cinemas and triggers evacuation, Hagene…
Carmike Cinemas Acquisition Caps Banner Year for Adam Aron at AMC
One year into his job as CEO of AMC, Adam Aron has already accomplished more than anyone ever expected, including the Carmike and Odeon deal. CJ takes a look behind the scenes.
CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 5 January 2017
Korea cinema quality certification, Vue price cut, 6 Ways Film Biz is Changing, lessons from Houston cinemas, TV on big screen, France BO but German down, PVR partners comScore, Nueplex raided, Bollywood bother, good theatre projection guide, CGV's Tempur mattress cinema, iPhone Theatre Mode, Imax V…
China’s Box Office ‘Slump’ Is Worse Than You Realise
CJ looks at what caused the box office in China to crash in 2016, what the actual business climate is and the future prospect of the Chinese cinema market.
CJ Cinema Property Update – Wednesday 4 January 2017
USA: Universal CityWalk AMC refurbished, Clark Cinema 10 work underway, UK: Glasgow BHS to become cinema, Omniplex Omagh green-lit, Galeri Caernarfon work to start, Bosnia-Herzegovina: CineStar opens third multiplex, Korea (South): Lotte Cinema Incheon Asiad is 112th, Trinidad: MovieTowne 4th cinema…
CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 3 January 2017
Polish films big in UK, Pathé seating backlash, Mexican cinema up, PVR goes UPI, mandatory Punjabi films, Carnival in Odisha, Pakistani entertainment tax, Korea highlights popcorn sugar, Pepsi fined in India, Kinepolis' Malayam black list, "Rogue One" sleep in and Brit builds 34-seat ABC cinema in b…
Mizrahi and MK2 Acquire Ciné Metro Art Cinemas
The last of Galeshka Moravioff's Ciné Métro Art cinemas have been taken over by MK2 (Paris' La Bastille) and Ymagis' Jean Mizrahi (Marseille's Les Variétés).