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2019 Winners and Losers

Cinema 2019 – Who Had a Good Year And Who Didn’t?

Before 2019 vanishes in the rearview mirror, let’s take a last look at who was king and queen of the multiplex over the past 12 months, as well as who ended up in the bin with the popcorn sweepings. Remember, hindsight is 2020 and as the investment warning goes, “past performance is no g…

Popcorn with maple syrup, please. (photo: Cineplex)

Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 3 July 2018

Dear Junkies, Nobody thinks that cinema concessions are cheap, but few of us would physically attack a multiplex staff over the price of popcorn. But that is what has now happened in India, where what was previously a fight in court over the price of F&B in cinemas has escalated into violence in…

Vue CEO Tim Richards

Vue Makes Plans to Open 30 Cinemas in Saudi Arabia

It’s official. The Saudi Arabian cinema land rush has officially begun. A mere two months after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia officially allowed for the opening and operation of new commercial cinemas for the first time since the 1970s, the country has at least three exhibitors vying to compete in the…

Blitzmegaplex

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…