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If you’re reading this the chances are that you are well versed in the “is Netflix Killing Cinema” notion, as you may well have been for “is VHS killing Cinema” iteration decades previously. Whilst external commentators band around assumptions based on little more than a hunch that subscription serv…

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Cinema News Digest – Thursday 18 January 2018

Dear Junkies, Average ticket price in the US went up 3.69% to USD $8.97 in 2017. Cue usual hysterical headlines (THR: ‘Average Price of a Movie Ticket Soars to $8.97 in 2017‘ – really, “soars”?), particularly when coupled with the drop in admissions. And, yes, this is t…

"Avengers: Infinity War - Part I" - leading the charge for 2018.

Cinema News Digest – Thursday 4 January 2018

Dear Junkies, As we start the new year, we can look back on an eventful 2017 that had everything from AMC’s nosediving share-price and Saudi Arabia lifting the ban on cinemas to the Mouse-devours-Fox stunner that ended the year. If you want to read our predictions of what lies ahead in 2018 th…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde (L) attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, on October 24, 2017. The Crown Prince pledged a "moderate, open" Saudi Arabia, breaking with ultra-conservative clerics in favour of an image catering to foreign investors and Saudi youth. "We are returning to what we were before -- a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world," he said at the economic forum in Riyadh. / AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)

Cinema is Coming to Saudi Arabia – Winners and Losers

Saudi Arabia is to allow cinema after 35 years of absence. The first cinemas could open as soon as March of 2018, with several operators vying for prime position. The aim is to have 2,000 screens in over 300 cinemas by 2030 in the country of over 32 million inhabitants. Below we examine the prospect…

Owners Brina Stinehelfer and Nikolaus Schneider at Kino Delphi. (photo: Sabine Gudath / BZ)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 20 October 2017

Dear Junkies, How much does the Samsung Cinema LED screen cost? Samsung hasn’t told us, but according to Kris Hesson of Cinema Lasers LLC it is a cool USD $700,000. Yowza! At around twice the cost of a RGB laser projector, that probably doesn’t include the re-configured ‘halo…

Fat man eating popcorn at cinema.

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 11 August 2017

NATO-FDA ‘sedentary’ fight, PVR sells bowling, Kinopolis renews with RealD, Vue selects Kaseya VSA, Galaxy not for sale, IMC profits rise, UFO’s 3,000 Nova screen plans, girl faints from hunger in cinema, Kochi popcorn crackdown, Linda Stenersen to lead SF Kino Oslo, microSD card f…

Bob Sunshine with a Coke. (photo: The Coca-Cola Company)

CineEurope Celebrates Bob Sunshine’s Legacy

As part of its celebration of its Founders, this year CineEurope is presenting a special award to Robert (Bob) Sunshine, for his lifelong contribution to the global cinema industry. Bob’s industry involvement spans many decades and several continents. He has been the force behind making ShoWes…

Chris Dodd of the MPAA

Why Chris Dodd Stepping Down From MPAA Should Not Have Come as a Surprise

When Chris Dodd announced last week that he would be stepping down as President of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) later this year, it came more as a confirmation of the denouement industry insiders had begun to suspect, rather than a completely unexpected surprise. In mid-March, wh…

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2016 = Four Box Office Quarters = USD $11.372 billion

Guest columnist Patrick Corcoran, Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of cinema trade body NATO, reviews the North American box office year 2016 and finds that for the first time it was a year of four equal quarters, amongst other notable highlights. As the calendar pages flipped from 20…

Woody Harrelson on the set of "Lost in London"

CJ Cinema News Digest – Monday 23 January 2017

"Lost in London" finds success, PVR launches Vkaao, US cinema ticket price up in 2016, Korea's cinema attendance down, KinoNor becomes first environmentally certified cinema chain, UK indie cinemas are doing just fine, QSC certifies three cinemas, AMC expands Imax partnership, French kids can watch…