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ECA Slate Day 2023 was held at London's Empire Walthamstow cinema (photo credit: Grainne Clarke)

A 10th Anniversary, Theatrical Smash Hits, and a K-Pop Takeover

A full house attended the Empire Walthamstow, London, for the Event Cinema Association’s (ECA) annual slate day, now comfortably back in its January calendar position. Organised by ECA director, Grainne Clarke, one of the most notable things was the anticipated return to content pipeline normality i…

2020's Top Event Cinema Titles in UK

Movio Tallies the Numbers for 2020’s Top UK Event Cinema Releases

In normal years event cinema titles are programmed amidst a stream of blockbuster releases, often during low occupancy times such as early matinees or weeknights. But in a year which saw a global pandemic force studios to delay all of their big releases into 2021 or later, event cinema titles turned…

Four Macbeths coming to event cinema in 2018

How Many Macbeths Is Too Many?

In the year that will see the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, even more Star Wars mania and Jamie Lee Curtis returning to the Halloween film franchise, we, the general public, are going to be treated to four, yes FOUR, productions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth when they grace the big scr…

Emma Keith, a producer and Head of Broadcast at NT Live

40 Under 40 EUR: Emma Keith of National Theatre Live

This story first appeared in a special CineEurope 2016 issue of BoxOffice magazine. To subscribe to the magazine click here. Name: Emma Keith Company: NT Live Title: Head of Broadcast & Producer Country: United Kingdom Emma Keith’s first cinema memory was “watching ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ as a…

ETO Don Giovani

Do Opera Screenings Cannibalise Opera Audiences?

English Touring Opera claims live cinema screenings do not grow the audience for opera, but research paints a mixed picture and the ECA defends existing practices.

Event Cinema Association ECA conference 2015

CJ @ ECA Conference – Welcome & Content Delivery

This is a live transcript of the presentations made at last week’s Event Cinema Association conference held in London. As such we sometimes paraphrase what is said on stage and any errors are most likely the fault of the note taking and not the speakers. 100% coherence is not possible as we of…

Event Cinema panel CineEurope 2015

CineEurope: Event Cinema – Taking Stock and Looking Forward

This post is a transcription composed in real-time during one of the many seminars at CineEurope 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. As such we often paraphrase the presentations being given. The record box office movie summer has far from eclipsed event cinema (nee alternative content), with the Take That pu…

Baidu SMI

China Cinema Digest – June 2015

As we clear the backlog of news, here is a summary of major cinema news in China from the month of June. I know that we are now in August, but July will follow soon (hopefully), after which we resume normal weekly service. Business The CEO of Stellar Holdings has announced that he plans toRead More

Box office 2015

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 25 February 2015

Cinemas in North America are on track for a record year, with share prices of the major exhibitors already reflecting this box office optimism. Analysts expect that box-office revenue this year in the United States and Canada will soar past $11.5 billion, outpacing the record $10.9 billion set in 20…

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 29 August 2014

Today's Cinema News: US summer BO worst in 8 years (but Italy up), THX goes China (as does AAM), VUE IT contract, Hamlet on screen