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European cinema statistics 2015 UNIC

European Cinema Attendances Rises in 2015 (but 1,900 Analogue Screens Remain)

European cinema attendance rose significantly in 2015, judging from statistics announced by both UNIC and MediaSalles. But regional variations remain, as do 1,900 analogue screens.

Cineworld lesbians

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 15 January 2015

UK – Cineworld clearly has to work on more LGBT awareness (not to mention common sense) for its staff, after a lesbian couple were evicted for (wait for it) using the Ladies toilet. A £20 voucher and two free tickets hardly seem like an adequate apology for treating paying customers this way.…

Selfridge cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 5 September 2014

London’s luxury department store Selfridges (star of the ITV drama series about its eponymous American founder) will be one of the first stores in the world to have its own in-house cinema. We like the look of it so much that we even break our usual policy of only posting on photo per story to…

Wrong Guardians film screening

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…

Sex Tape header

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 24 July 2014

The summer isn’t over but already it seems that last rites and post-mortem are being performed on what has been a disappointing box office season, at least in the US. Thank goodness there is China and other emerging markets to cheer up Hollywood, though this is cold comfort for US-based exhibi…

Imax China

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 22 July 2014

Imax – According to Wall Street Journal China, Imax is planning to open a further 19 screens in partnership with local companies ahead of listing its local operation. Interestingly Richard Gelfond’s Chinese name is Gail Fang. IMAX theater will open new cooperation with Chinese state-owne…

PwC global media 2018

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 4 June 2014

File under ‘Keep Calm & Carry On’ – online film distribution revenue will overtake cinema box office in 2017, according to a new report by PwC. But box office is actually predicted to keep rising, while the real loser will be DVD and Blu-ray. China and 3D also come under scruti…

Flick restaurant Belfast

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 28 May 2014

UK – An alleged case of E-Coli in a restaurant owned by a Belfast-based cinema. The list of charges is pretty disturbing and disgusting. Read it for yourself. As more and more cinemas focus on premium F&B options, food safety and handling will only become more critical. Belfast City Counci…

Monkey King

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 26 May 2014

China is setting a new box office record with ferocious speed that helps cement the view that it will overtake even the US in the foreseeable future as the world’s biggest cinema market. In the first five months of 2014, Chinese box office hit 10.2B yuan, or about $1.63B, with local movies dom…

4DX Advertisement

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 21 May 2014

Rolling Stone magazine has an overview of what you can expect from the 4D movie going experience. Quite detailed and analytical, cutting through a lot of preconceptions without too much hype. Most U.S. journalists have only participated in brief 4DX demos, but Rolling Stone was given the opportunity…