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UNIC 2026 Annual Report

UNIC Reports European Box Office Held Near €6.9 Billion in 2025, But Admissions Tell a More Complicated Story

European cinemas spent much of 2025 proving a point that has become familiar in the post-pandemic theatrical business: audiences show up when the films are there. The harder question, and the one the International Union of Cinemas’s (UNIC) 2026 Annual Report keeps circling back to, is whether…

(l-r) Laure Gaultier (UNIC), Erin Von Hoetzendorff (NATO) and Jan Runge (ICTA & former CEO of UNIC)

Committee Announced for CJ’s 7th Top Women in Global Cinema

Celluloid Junkie is pleased to announce that it has completed the lineup of the Nomination and Selection Committee for the seventh edition Top Women in Global Cinema. As well as having the Celluloid Junkie team and an industry veteran return, we are pleased to be joined by two rising stars from the…

UNIC Data Shows European Cinema Recovery in 2022

International cinema trade body UNIC has published its preliminary estimates for 2022 box office and admissions across the territories that it covers. The figures show a significant recovery across all countries compared to the Covid lows of 2020 and 2021, even if most countries have yet to see a re…

CineEurope 2022 Opening Speech

Phil Clapp, President, Laura Houlgatte, CEO, International Union Of Cinemas Keynote address – CineEurope 2022 – 20 June 2022 Good afternoon, everyone – on behalf of UNIC, the International Union of Cinemas, we are delighted to welcome you to CineEurope 2022. The past two years have been a roug…

Phil Clapp at CineEurope 2021

UNIC Opens CineEurope 2021 With Optimistic Keynote

The first in-person CineEurope since June of 2019 opened in Barcelona, Spain on Monday, 4 October with Phil Clapp, the President of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), and Laura Houlgatte, the organization’s CEO, personally welcoming attendees in keynote address that recounted the toll…

Laura Houlgatte-Abbott - CEO, International Union of Cinemas, UNIC

TWIC 2021: Laura Houlgatte-Abbott – CEO, International Union of Cinemas, UNIC

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How did COVID affect you and your business personally? From a professional perspective, COVID changed a lot of things – we had to completely rethink our priorities to support UNIC members as best as we could. I’m in a job…

UNIC's Sustainability Session's panel discussion: "Greening Your Cinema"

CJ Green: Greening Your Cinema

After its conception in 2019, the first-ever online version of the Circular Economy Retail Group was held in April of this year, hosted by the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC). The agenda saw a jam-packed afternoon of legislative updates, European progress and insights and advice, from experts…

UNIC and Europe's Green Agenda (credit: UNIC & The Coca-Cola Company)

CJ Green: UNIC and Europe’s Green Agenda

During the last year of existential challenges to cinemas the world over, sustainability hasn’t been a top priority for exhibitors, focused as they have been on straightforward survival. But now that cinemas are enjoying a “reopening boom”, particularly after the United Kingdom’s recent 17th May mil…

CJ Cinema Summit: Industry Leaders Share Optimism as European Cinema Reopen

There have been many recurring guest speakers during the past 37 CJ Cinema Summits. UNIC’s Laura Houlgatte, Warner Bros.’ Andrew Cripps and VUE’s Tim Richards are no strangers to the CJ stage, and on Thursday provided valuable insights into the challenges that the industry has faced over the past 15…

Out Now – How to Design a Cinema Auditorium v2

Union International des Cinémas (International Union of Cinemas) UNIC is delighted to announce the publication of the updated edition of Rolv Gjestland’s book, “How to design a cinema auditorium – Practical guidelines for architects, cinema owners and others involved in planning and building c…