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"Wonder Woman" Gal Gaddot. (image: Warner Bros)

Is 2017 The Year of The Woman in Hollywood?

By Boyd Falconer, PhD and Jim Amos Sometimes we pull a muscle patting ourselves on the back when even the smallest amount of change occurs. Lost two pounds in six months? Yes, let’s celebrate with ravioli. Managed to clean half the garage? That calls for a nap. 2017 is being heralded as The Yea…

Adam Aron Has a Banner Year at AMC

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 21 July 2017

AMC denies rumours, Megabox smartens ‘crew’, Deny drops ‘convenience’ charge, PayTM allows cancellation, Inox looks to premium, PVR boosts F&B spend, WB-Cineas spat in Spain, Galway art-house failure liquidated, Joe Masher Historical President, PVR PCI DSS, mother & s…

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It’s A Wonderful Hold for “Woman Woman”, But Now The Girl With The Golden Bracelets Faces Tupac, ScarJo’s Bachelorette Party and a Garage Full of Animated Cars. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Girl Power. DC’s “Wonder Woman” enjoyed one of the smallest drops for a superhero franchise in recent memory, falling a paltry 45% to finish its sophomore weekend at USD $57 million. That was good enough to easily remain atop the North American boxoffice, crushing Tom Cruise’s redux of “The Mummy”.…

Iman "Ghost in the Shell"

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 9 June 2017

Regal, AMC & Imax shares slump, Korean cinemas boycott Netflix film, CJ CGV’s billionth customer, S. Korea attendance down – profits up, are S. Korea’s Big Three hurting indie film, French sing-a-long try, Tunisia boycotts “Wonder Woman”, chaos in Colombia, fracas i…

18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

“Wonder Woman” Lassoes Top Prize at 18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

Fresh off earning USD $223 million during its opening weekend in movie theatres around the globe, “Wonder Woman” walked off with the Best Of Show trophy at the 18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards. The preview for the Warner Bros. superhero release, titled “What She Is,” also won the Best Fantasy/Adven…

Samsung's 'Smart Signage' at CGV. (photo: CJ CGV)

CJ Cinema News Digest – Tuesday 6 June 2017

Samsung-CGV Smart Signage, more opposition to 28% GST, Picturehouse staff suspended, CGV boycotts “Okja”, Kino back to Baden-Baden, no “Wonder Woman” in Algeria, Golden Village at 25 (30?), LA Times on cinema, Pathe robbery, Lotte fire evacuation, Movie Foods to your doorstep…

"The Mummy" 2017.

“Woman Woman” Grabs the $100 Million Ring but Can Tom Cruise and His Dear Old Mummy Pull Off a Monstrous Upset? (Spoiler: Not Likely). This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Powered by a 52% female demographic (positively unheard of for a superhero movie), a Rotten Tomatoes score in the 90’s and a straight A Cinemascore, Gal Gadot put the gold bracelets to good use and scored a historic USD $100.5 million opening in North America and another USD $122 million overseas (L…

CNN's The Screening Room

CJ Cinema News Digest – Friday 2 June 2017

Screening Room hype, IMAX & AMC shares down, Indian cinema up, PVR 1,000 screen in 2020, RealD’s Lewis defends 3D, Cineplex thinks outside the box (office), Lebanon boycotts WW, CNN faults 4DX, UK arthouse problems, Barco Escape’s ‘The Recall’ reviewed, ‘Rogue One…

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

Alamo Drafthouse Spins Success Out of Controversy Over Women-Only Screenings of “Wonder Woman”

It’s hard to know if Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas was aware of the public outcry that would occur upon scheduling a women-only screening of the upcoming Warner Bros. super hero release “Wonder Woman,” or if perhaps provoking protest, however trivial, was all part of a scheme to draw in audiences. After…

Gal Gadot as "Wonder Woman"

Move Aside Boys. Despite Early Challenges, Wonder Woman Appears Primed to Rescue Franchise-Fatigued Hollywood. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

“Nevertheless, she persisted” is a phrase famously uttered by US Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell in reference to fellow Senator Elizabeth Warren back in February but it could also sum up “Wonder Woman”s quest to finally make it to the big screen, more than 75 years after debuting as an All S…