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Wang Jianglin, chairman and founder of Dalian Wanda Group

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 28 April 2014

China: The Wall Street Journal notes that the imminent Wanda Cinemas IPO is very much a Wang family affair. Here are some takeaways from the company’s IPO prospectus: -China’s largest cinema chain takes a dim view of the domestic movie industry. In the risk factors section, the prospectus note…

ArcLight Santa Monica

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 24 April 2014

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4FMm6Jntfg[/youtube] In something other than sad news from South Korea, enhanced experience cinema seat maker CJ 4DPlex has revealed its global ambitions and roadmap. To many movie fans, “300” is a Hollywood blockbuster about an epic battle between the Sparta…

China 3D audience

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 23 April 2014

Is China undergoing a 3D backlash? Speakers at the recent Beijing International Film Festival seemed to go to great lengths to condemn poor 3D. Prominent members of industry like Yang Buting, chairman of China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association and China Film Overseas Promotional Corporati…

Regal Summer Movie Express

Daily Cinema Digest – Thursday 17 April 2014

USA (TN): Discount tickets was a hot topic at CinemaCon. No update on that, but Regal will be showing older films for just USD $1 this summer, as it has for the past 22 years. Parent rejoice. Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest t…

Berwick cinema

Daily Cinema Digest – Tuesday 15 April 2014

The Wall Street Journal examines the plight of small-town single-screen cinemas that are unable to make the costly transition to digital in the article ‘Is Film the End of the Road for Small Cinemas?‘. It highlights one particular cinema near Scranton, Pennsylvania, facing imminent death…

Chinese and american cinema audiences

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…