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America’s Greatest Cinema Export to China Is Under Threat (Not Movies, Popcorn)

Could Chinese authorities be about restrict imports of the quintessential multiplex staple imported from the United States? No, we are not talking about movies or Hollywood; the greatest American export success to Chinese cinemas does not come from California but from the fields in Nebraska. Differe…

4D_4DX_rumble_seat

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 14 April 2014

The Wrap takes a look at the growth of ‘4D’ offered by the likes of D-Box, CJ 4DPlex and MediaMation and whether there is a business case for it. Not if it shakes the popcorn out of the tub, it seems. Indeed, some theater owners have experimented with the technology, only to decide that…

Benjamin Zeccola Palace Cinemas

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 11 April 2014

A row has broken out in Australia about the high price of cinema tickets (which we have written about before) and its relation to, or supposed-justification for, film piracy. Quoted in the Brisbane Times, The chief executive of Palace Cinemas, Benjamin Zeccola, said cinemas were just trying to stay…

Kulturhuset stockholm

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 10 April

Three stories from my native country Sweden, to start off the Daily today. Click on the link if you are using Chrome browser (as 35.40% of you are) and you get the option of an automatic translation. Stockholm’s Culture House is taking back the running of its small in-house cinema from SF Bio.…

Noah and Captain america

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 3 April 2014

NATO President John Fithian was vocal at CinemaCon about getting studios to spread the releases more widely than just the summer and holiday windows. This year it looks like he is getting his wish, with summer already starting in April with films like Noah, Captain America 2, Rio 2 and Transcendence…

Black coal, Thin Ice

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 2 April 2014

The emergence of China as the world’s second largest cinema territory after US comes as news to precisely no one. Interestingly recent Hollywood films like RoboCop and Need for Speed have earned more at the Chinese box office than in North America, helped in no small part by their 3D release.…

Muppets most wanted

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 1 April 2014

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWQS8OCPUo[/youtube] Celluloid Junkie can exclusively reveal that Christie Digital is planning to counter Barco’s tri-screen ‘Escape’ system, launched at CinemaCon, by resurrecting the ‘Polyvision‘ triptych format invented in the…

Wanda breaks RealD embargo

BREAKING NEWS: Wanda Breaks Embargo on Deal For 780 New RealD 3D Installations

CELLULOID JUNKIE EXCLUSIVE: It seems that China’s Wanda – the world’s biggest cinema operator and owner of American multiplex chain AMC – has broken its own embargo on an announcement for an expanded deal with 3D vendor RealD. It looks like this deal was set to be announced o…

Ceasar's Palace Las Vegas

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 20 March 2014

CinemaCon is just around the corner. The biggest annual get-together of cinema owners and operators from all over the world takes place 24-27 March and Celluloid Junkie will be there. Please note that there will be NO Daily Cinema Digest next week. Instead we will try to bring you breaking news and…

is arthouse the new event cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 18 March 2014

SampoMedia asks if art-house films are the new event cinema. Given the recent complaint of the New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis that too many independent films get released, the question of how to stand out in a crowded marketplace that anyway competes with other entertainment platforms for…