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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…

UK Cinemas Are High Profile Targets For Anti-Sugar Campaigns

Having looked at challenges facing United States exhibitors relating to carbonated sugar beverages (Cinema’s Dangerous Addiction to Sodas), it is now time to examine the situation in the United Kingdom. The issue has come to the forefront with an article in the Daily Mail’s This Is Money…

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 6 March 2014

UK: Cineworld Didsbury near Manchester has allegedly had some particularly unwelcome visitors recently: cockroaches. More worryingly, some staff claim the cinema is hushing up the issue: The M.E.N. [Manchester Evening News] was alerted by a concerned member of staff, who said cockroaches had been a…

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 20 February 2014

Econsultancy has done a good job of comparing and reviewing the ticket booking customer interfaces of UK’s three leading cinema chains: Cineworld, Odeon and Vue. This review has relevance for ticket booking experience over the web for every country, even though restricted to just three in one…

2013 – Bad Year for Film; Great Year for Exhibitor Share Price

It may seem paradoxical, but while 2013 was a bad year for films in terms of growth, it was an excellent year for cinemas. Even with a strong summer at the box office, 2013 was flat or even down compared to the previous year in most western countries. Only emerging markets like China showed strongRe…

Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 4 February 2014

USA: Drive-in cinemas have become the twin victims of the end of analogue film and changing social habits that has mostly de-linked automobiles from cinema-going, other than as a mode of transport to the multiplex. So this is a lovely exception: Americas self-proclaimed oldest drive-in cinema is goi…

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…

Cineworld’s Me-Too Eastern Expansion Comes At A Price

UK’s publicly listed exhibitor Cineworld is expanding into Central Europe through £503 cash and equity deal for Warsaw-listed Cinema City International (CCI), which will make it the second largest chain in Europe after Odeon UCI. The deal signals a strategic shift for Cineworld after a small domesti…

Private Equity Firm Acquires U.K.’s Vue

Late last week Vue Entertainment, the United Kingdom’s third largest movie theatre chain, was sold to a private equity firm. Doughty Hanson & Co. will reportedly cough up GBP £450 million (USD $730 million) to take over the circuit. The news was picked up primarily by business and trade pu…

Cineworld Revenue Boosted By 3D Blockbusters

Despite much of the world suffering from economic recession Cineworld seems to be having a banner year. Yesterday the United Kingdom’s second largest theatre chain reported that total revenues were up 8.5 percent since the beginning of the year. Cineworld’s success is spurred on by 8.3 p…