Korea’s CGV Buys Turkey’s Mars for $800m
S. Korea's CGV has bough Turkish cinema chain Mars in deal valued at $800m as mega consolidation takes hold amongst the world's top cinema chain.
CJ Cinema Digest – Friday 1 April 2016 IMAX VR (EXCLUSIVE)
IMAX VR EXCLUSIVE, Cinema Park+Formula Kino, Movipass adds 111%, Odeon FY 2015 good, Kinepolis to sell 2 Utopolis sites, Secret Cinema, PVR Playhouse for kids, Reel, Vox and Bahrain.
Cinema of the Month: CGV Liberty City Point, HCMC, Vietnam
In our first ever Cinema of the Month we visit CGV Liberty City Point in Vietnam's second city and marvel how a 10-screen cinema can fit so neatly in a hotel.
Weekly Cinema Digest – Friday 16 October 2015
USA (FL) – Lots of news – well, mostly press releases, out of ShowEast this week. This selection is by no means complete, but gives you a flavour of some of the things being announced at the show, which tends to have a very Latin american focus these days. Barco has signed up Lotte Cinem…
Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 29 October 2014
“Psst, wanna buy a cinema?” That seems to be the not-so-subtle message from Regal, the largest cinema chain in the United States, which unexpectedly put a ‘For Sale’ sign on the front door. Speculations immediately focused on Alibab’s Jack Ma, though my gut instinct is…
Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 1 September 2014
China (PRC) – Korea’s CGV is expanding aggressively in Mainland China. With its latest opening in Chengdu the city now has more Imax screens than any other in China. In “5 yuan fare” era, the price war to Chengdu nationally known film market, as yesterday, the Korean CGV Star…
Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 4 August 2014
Guardian of the Galaxy earned around USD $94 million in the US alone this weekend. But thanks to the wonders of digital (cinema) technology, one set of cinema goers were in for a big surprise when the Regal cinema started projecting a different Guardian film. Confusing Rise of the Guardians with Gua…
Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 30 April 2014
There is really only one story to begin with today – Jeffrey Katzenberg is definitely off John Fithian’s Christmas Card list. Not only did Mr Peabody and Sherman underwhelm at the box office, but now the head of Dreamworks Animation has suggested that the theatrical release window for fi…
Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 17 March 2014
Having mentioned India and China as the interesting and important (respectively) Asian cinema territories in the last two Dailies, the time now comes to The One to Watch: Indonesia. South-East Asia’s most populous country is severely under-screened following decades of nepotistic governmental…
Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 16 January 2014
Croatia: The biggest trial in Croatia’s history, for a Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds, is taking place in a cinema. “With around 700 people taking part in the Forex trial, no courtroom in the country is bigger enough to accommodate those numbers, so it was decided to move the trial to a cinema…