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The Return of the 52 Week Movie Business

The Return of the 52 Week Movie Business

Much like a Beach Boys song from the 1960s, North American distribution has been focused far too long on the spoils of summer, jamming tentpole after tentpole into the four-month long summer season. I’m sure there’s a musical analogy for their concentration on November and December as well but I can…

Box Office - Blade Runner 2049, Mountain Between Us, My Little Pony

“It” Edges Out Cruise and Kinsgman for Another Weekly Win, While “Flatliners” Suffers Cardiac Arrest. This Week at the Box Office.

Much like Flounder in “Animal House” rubbing his hands together near the end of the movie and screaming, “This is gonna be great!,” it’s always amusing to watch the game of high stakes studio chess when we have weekends like this one where there’s a battle for the top spot at the box office. AndRead…

Box Office - American Made, Battle of the Sexes, Flatliners

“Kingsman” and “LEGO” Take a Knee on Their Way to Middling Openings While the “It” Express Keeps On Rolling. This Week at the Box Office.

Well September certainly has provided more thrills and chills than a Six Flags roller coaster, hasn’t it? During the first week of the month there were unconfirmed rumors of tumbleweeds blowing through multiplexes, then “It” charged onto the scene like bulls in Pamplona on the second weekend leaving…

AMC Saratoga 14. (photo: AMC)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 19 September 2017

AMC CEO buys AMC shares; Regal & AMC both set to rise; MoviePass (not) a ‘unicorn’; ‘Burkha’ is Indian PVoD hit for Amazon; Genesis expands to Cameroon; CGV ‘cultural playground’; ‘Matilda’ threats to Russian cinemas; “It” fight in St P…

“It” Blitzes Competition With $60 Million Second Stanza While JLaw’s “mother!” Flunks Out. Now Can “It” Threepeat? This Weekend at the Boxoffice.

To quote the great Peter Noone, second verse same as the first. WB/NL’s “It” easily romped to the top of the boxoffice again this weekend, scoring a massive USD $60 million in ticket sales in North America alone, propelling it to $218 million overall here in the States, which by the way makes it the…

Hurricane Irma (image: NASA)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 11 September 2017

Irma closes Florida cinemas; Showcase UK makes loss; two analysts weigh in on cinema upgrades; Spain’s 20% cinema VAT won’t be reduced yet; CNC is filthy rich; Bollywood films get shorter; scary clown in cinema auditorium; Val Morgan grows cine ad business; and cinematic life in North Ko…

American Assasin Mother! Brad's Status posters

Alive! “It” is ALIVE!!! Creepy Clown Obliterates Boxoffice Records Galore as Moviegoers Prove It’s The Quality, Stupid! This Week at the Boxoffice.

Just when we needed it most, “It” gelled up the cardiac defibrillator paddles, yelled “clear!”, and proceeded to provide a desperately needed 300 joule jolt to the domestic boxoffice system with a monumental USD $117 million opening here in North America. The list of records that the film adaptation…

"You think you’ve seen scary clowns?" (photo: WB)

Moviegoers Turn the Page on Frightful Summer 2017 as a Killer Clown Arrives to Kickstart Fall in Style. How High Can “It” Go? This Week at the Boxoffice.

Back in November 1980, boxer Roberto Duran famously uttered the phrase, “no mas, no mas!”, thereby ending his historic bout with the great Sugar Ray Leonard. Moviegoers have one thing to say to you, Manos de Pietra. We feel your pain. Labor Day here in the U.S. brought Bummer Summer 2017 mercifully…

“It” Countdown Officially Begins After Latest Weekend Box Office Debacle. Hang in There Everyone, T Minus 11 Days and Counting. This Week at the Box Office.

Oh sure, the Mayweather/McGregor fight took a bite out of the boxoffice this weekend and Hurricane Harvey did a number on theatres in Texas but let’s be clear, the main culprit in yet another calamitous weekend at your local multiplex was a collection of new titles that would normally be found on sc…