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China 2021 Box Office - CJ Cinema Summit

China on Track to Top Global Box Office in 2022 for Third Successive Year

The latest CJCinemaSummit featured a special focus on China, the world’s biggest cinema market in terms of box office and screens. With the blockbuster Spring Festival just concluded, we heard from experts at Comscore and Vista Group about the outlook for the year ahead, how Chinese releases c…

By The Numbers: Predicting Cinema’s Post-COVID Recovery

At the end of last year the Celluloid Junkie editorial team began discussing its annual predictions piece for 2021. However, most expert forecasts for 2020 crumbled like volcanic lava sliding into the ocean. We stared into the 2021 crystal ball and saw a lot of fog regarding the return of cinema and…
2020's Top Event Cinema Titles in UK

Movio Tallies the Numbers for 2020’s Top UK Event Cinema Releases

In normal years event cinema titles are programmed amidst a stream of blockbuster releases, often during low occupancy times such as early matinees or weeknights. But in a year which saw a global pandemic force studios to delay all of their big releases into 2021 or later, event cinema titles turned…

Box Office Success and the New Normal: Looking Beyond the Numbers

Last Wednesday I attended a 1:00 pm showing of “Tenet” on its opening day in one of London’s biggest multiplexes. I think it was a “sell out” – it certainly looked pretty full – but I genuinely have no idea. For those of us who have made decisions based on box office figures and analysis…
The Problem With Playing Netflix Movies in Cinemas

The Problem With Playing Netflix Movies in Cinemas

In its never-ending quest to win an Oscar for Best Picture, it seems that Netflix will be releasing at least one of their original movies into cinemas each year in some form or fashion. Questions remain, however, exactly what forms and fashions Netflix has in mind when releasing their films theatric…
Alamo Drafthouse screen. (picture: Alamo Drafthouse)

Cinema News Digest – Friday 29 June 2018

Dear Junkies, We have come to the half-way point for domestic (US and Chinese) and global box office, with the news being good all around. Ticket sales in North America are up more than 8% with over USD $6 billion ringing up the proverbial tills. The outlook for the rest of the summer – inRead…
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“The Last Jedi” Scores Huge Pre-Christmas $68 Million Take While “Jumanji”s $50 Million Makes It King of the Jungle. This Weekend at the Box Office.

Weekend Recap OK, want the good “Star Wars” news or the bad? Let’s start with the bad. “The Last Jedi” suffered a 69% drop on this Christmas weekend but the good news is that it’s still good enough for a USD $68 million weekend and a domestic total of USD $365 mil. Everyone just relaxRead More
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Why Disney Can Demand 65% of Box Office for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”

Just when North American cinema operators looked forward to having blockbuster films like “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” come along and boost a box office that has sagged in the second half of 2017, along comes Disney to squash any such dreams. Make no mistake, it’s not that these f…

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…

CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 11 July 2016

Money Monsters sink US BO, Indian cinema expand - get Atmos and Rated 'Buy, New Beverly Cinema docu, London Gourmet Cinema Club, upgrade concession or be a dinosaur, Odeon bomb hoax, Ulmer fire, French video games cinema, Moet outdoor screening, Saigon CGV bed cinema, Landmark in NYC Via 57 West, Au…
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