New Resource Published Focusing on Creating Better Experiences in Cinema Spaces for Those from Working-class Backgrounds and/or Those in Poverty
AMC Entertainment Launching Its All-New Line of Microwave Popcorn and Ready-to-Eat Popcorn Exclusively at Walmart
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC & APE), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and the world, today announced it is collaborating with Walmart on an exclusive launch of AMC’s all new lines of microwave and ready-to-eat popcorn items, beginning with featured endcaps, which prominently…
CJ 4DPLEX Names Bobbie Andrews As Senior Vice President & Managing Director for EMEA
CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading producer of premium film formats and cinema technologies, announced today it has named veteran marketing executive Bobbie Andrews as its new Senior Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA. Andrews joins CJ 4DPLEX with more than 15 years of theatrical industry expe…
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), one of the largest motion picture exhibitors in the world, today reported results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022. Cinemark Holdings, Inc.’s total revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2022 decreased 10% to $599.7 million compare…
CinemaNext UK Completes Two New Projects for Curzon Cinemas
CinemaNext, the EMEA specialist in cinema exhibitor services, today announced that CinemaNext UK recently completed two projects for Curzon Cinemas at their new Canterbury Riverside and Bentall’s Centre Kingston locations. Their second venue to open in the city, Curzon Canterbury Riverside boasts 5…
Severtson Showcases Giant Electric Motorized Cinema Screens During CinemaCon 2023
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas to Receive “NATO Spirit of the Industry Award” at CinemaCon
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) will honor Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas with the NATO Spirit of the Industry Award during this year’s CinemaCon, Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon, announced today. CinemaCon, the official convention of NATO, will be held April 24-…
Picturedrome Cinemas Partners with Showtime Analytics for Realtime Operational Insights and Digital Marketing Solution
Showtime Analytics are delighted to announce an agreement with Picturedrome Cinemas to provide a realtime operational insights and digital marketing solution. Picturedrome Electric Theatre Company Ltd is a 7 site UK circuit. Their flagship site, the Picturedrome Bognor Regis, first opened its doors…
IMAX Corporation Reports Q4 and Full-year 2022 Results
IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today reported solid financial results for the fourth quarter of 2022 demonstrating the value of its unique global entertainment technology platform and content portfolio. “IMAX fully expects to resume pre-pandemic levels of performance in 2023, as we surge into t…
Vista Group Relaunches Its Cinema Industry Podcast, Featuring Valuable Moviegoer Insights and Insider Interviews
Film industry technology company, Vista Group, is today relaunching its podcast, Behind the Screens, which serves up the latest box office figures, audience demographics and insights on the newest movie releases. Hosted by Matthew Liebmann, Vista Group’s Chief Innovation and Data Officer; Simon Burt…
IMAX Delivers Heroic Global Opening With $24 Million Debut of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”
IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that Disney/Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” debuted with a $24 million four-day worldwide opening in IMAX — more than the previous two “Ant-Man” films combined. The latest cinematic journey into the Quantum Real…
Miraj Cinemas Sets Goals for Expansion, Targets 300 Screens by FY 24, and Launches 6th Property in Gujarat to Reach 26 Screens in the State
India’s fastest-growing multiplex chain, Miraj Cinemas, is delighted to announce the opening of its sixth property in Gujarat and the first multiplex in the diamond city of India, Surat, today. Located on the third floor of KSB Olympia in Bamroli, the newly launched five-screen multiplex boasts 930…
Briana McElroy Named Head of Worldwide Digital Marketing For Lionsgate Motion Picture Group
Highly respected Twitter and Warner Bros. marketing executive Briana McElroy has been named Head of Worldwide Digital Marketing for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, it was announced today by JP Richards and Keri Moore, President and Co-President of Marketing for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group…
Alamo Drafthouse To Open New Cinema + Drive-in In Fayetteville
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema continues to expand with the announcement of their first Arkansas theater, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema + Drive-In in Fayetteville with franchise partner Catchlight Entertainment. The Austin-based cinema-eatery plans to open the doors on their new theater in 2024 and will commemor…
IMAX Delivers Record-breaking $61.3 Million Chinese New Year, Headlined by Biggest Local Language Film Ever With “The Wandering Earth 2”
IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that IMAX’s Chinese New Year slate of Chinese local language films delivered $61.3 million in box office receipts over the full 26-day holiday concluding today — up 72% over 2022 and marking the company’s best-ever box office result for Chine…
CIELO Starts 2023 With A New Website Design To Show More About Its Cinema Solution Portfolio
A Long Road to Recovery: EU and UK Cinema Attendance Up by 63% in 2022, Still Short of Pre-Pandemic Average
Based on preliminary data collected by the European Audiovisual Observatory, cinema attendance in the European Union and the United Kingdom reached an estimated 643.0 million admissions in 2022. This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 63%, and 249.0 million tickets more than in 2021. A simila…
Cinemark Founder, Lee Roy Mitchell, Retiring from the Company’s Board of Directors
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), one of the world’s largest and most influential movie theater companies, announced that founder Lee Roy Mitchell, 85, stepped down from the Company’s Board of Directors following a highly influential tenure spanning nearly 40 years. Lee Roy served on the Board si…
European Cinemas Hit 55.6% Box Office Growth in 2022
The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), representing European cinema trade associations and operators, has today released preliminary estimates for 2022 box office and admissions across the territories it covers. UNIC’s overview represents the first wide-ranging assessment of European cinema’s pe…