This story first appeared in a special CineEurope 2016 issue of BoxOffice magazine. To subscribe to the magazine click here. Name: Arturo Guillén Company: ComScore Title: Vice President of EMEA and India Country: Spain “Non stop crying watching ‘Bambi’ in a…
IHS and Rentrak provide analysis of Event Cinema revenues in eight territories. The Event Cinema sector has been around for many years, with experiments taking place as soon as digital projection was a workable reality. Digital conversion has acted as…
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. Retaining the youth audience, which has traditionally been one of the…
France’s 16th annual ‘Cinema Spring’ between 22-24 March attracted around 2.6 million viewers, similar to the previous year, according to figures from the National Federation of French Cinemas (FNCF). For this national operation, cinemas offered three days a discount of 3.50…
France – It is ‘Cinema Spring’ in France for the 16th year when tickets are sold for just 3.50 euro for every show for three days (Sunday-Tuesday) this past week. France is one of the few European markets where cinema…
India – Carnival group has acquired small Indian multiplex operator Glitz, having previously bought most of Big Cinemas. After buying Anil Ambani’s Big Cinemas, the Carnival Group has picked up elder brother Mukesh Ambani’s majority stake in Stargaze which operates…
Polas are increasingly turning their backs on multiplexes in favour of smaller cinemas – preferring cheaper tickets, fewer adverts and more varied programming – according to the latest data from the Polish Central Statistical Office. The share of the largest,…
While India is interesting as a cinema market (see yesterday’s Daily) it is China that matters as far as Hollywood is concerned, with Mainland BO set to overtake the US in as little as four years. So domestic Chinese cinema…