Ukraine’s MOST KINO Selects CinemaNext’s SPHERA Premium Concept for its Dnipro Venue
CinemaNext, the EMEA specialist in cinema exhibitor services, today announced an agreement with Ukraine’s MOST KINO for the deployment of the SPHERA premium cinema concept in the city of Dnipro. Scheduled to open this summer, SPHERA at MOST KINO will boast a 26-m wide wall-to-wall screen, making it…
Vista Takes Wallis Cinemas to the Cloud
Vista has today welcomed Australian cinema operator, Wallis Cinemas, as its first customer for the new Vista Cloud platform. With businesses around the world rapidly adopting cloud technologies to boost resilience, security and flexibility, exhibitors like Wallis Cinemas are turning to Vista Cloud t…
Fathom Events and Compassionate Films U.K. Announce the World Premiere of “Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story”
“Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story,” the feature-length documentary from Compassionate Films, U.K., will celebrate its World Premiere on March 31, in partnership with Fathom Events, at 800 participating theaters across the U.S. The premiere date is very significant as Mar…
National CineMedia Partners with RAD AI to Enhance Audience Engagement
Delphi Filmpalast Berlin Invests in Christie RGB Pure Laser Projection
AMC Theatres Welcomes Ellen Copaken in a Newly Created Position – Vice President of Growth Strategy
AMC Theatres (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States, in Europe & the Middle East, and in the world, today announced a critical hire as it prepares to expand its business into the multi-billion dollar retail popcorn industry. Ellen Copaken, formally of Frito-Lay and Hos…
Women in Exhibition Launches the Panel Parity Project
Women in Exhibition (WIE), an international network of professionals working in cinema entertainment, technology, and mixed-used leisure platforms, is proud to announce the Panel Parity Project. Designed to promote universally balanced representation at industry events, tradeshows, and conferences,…
AMC Theatres Reaches Lease Agreements With URW, Announces Additional High-Profile, Major-Market Acquisitions of Former ArcLight Locations in the D.C. and San Diego Areas
AMC Theatres (NYSE:AMC), the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States, in Europe & the Middle East, and in the world, today announced it has reached lease agreements with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), global developer and operator of flagship destinations, to acquire and open two hig…
AMC Theatres’ Moviegoers Who Purchase or Reserve Their Ticket by February 14 and See “The Batman” by March 6 Will Receive a “The Batman” NFT Courtesy of AMC and Warner Bros.
CGV Joins Hands with Arts Alliance Media to Create Post- Epidemic Model of Screening Management
Recovering European Cinemas See 42% Box Office Growth in 2021
The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the body representing European cinema trade associations and operators, has today released preliminary 2021 box office and admissions estimates for the territories covered by the organisation. While the figures below are based on initial estimates, the over…
Roadside Attractions Picks Up “Call Jane” Out of Sundance 2022
Hot out of Sundance, Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Oscar-Nominee Phyllis Nagy’s critically-acclaimed theatrical feature directorial debut, “Call Jane.” Inspired by true events, Nagy’s film captures the essence of late-Sixties social change via one woman’s…
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Announces Massive Expansion With Seven New Theater Openings
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema continues to expand with the announcement of seven new theaters and three new regions, including Chicago, Birmingham, and St. Louis. This expansion follows a record-breaking 2021 box office that brought the second-highest domestic opening of all time, “Spider-Man: No Wa…
Dolby Laboratories Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2022 Financial Results
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced the company’s financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2022. For the first quarter, Dolby reported total revenue of $351.6 million, compared to $389.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2021. “We made great progress across…
Southern Theatres Partners With Showtime Analytics To Grow Their Evolving Business
Showtime Analytics are delighted to announce an agreement with US based Southern Theatres to provide an operational data platform and customer communication solution to the popular Southern United States chain. VSS-Southern Theatres, LLC is a top 20 theatre circuit in the United States and is respon…
Cineplex’s Ellis Jacob to Receive 2022 NATO Marquee Award at CinemaCon
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) will honor Ellis Jacob, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cineplex, with the 2022 NATO Marquee Award during this year’s CinemaCon, Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon announced today. CinemaCon, the official convention of NATO, wil…
Kimco Realty Lands Local Theater Owner to Operate Historic River Oaks Theater
Kimco Realty (NYSE: KIM) announced today that it has signed a lease with River Oaks Theater, Inc., an affiliate of Star Cinema Grill, a Houston-based dine-in-theater concept, to operate the historic River Oaks Theater. The new operator plans to preserve the theater’s history and Art Deco design, as…
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Announces Senior Secured Notes Offering and Proposed Redemption of Existing Senior Secured Notes
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) (the “Company,” or “AMC”), announced today that it has commenced an offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of first lien senior secured notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) in a private offering (the “Offering”), subject to market and other conditi…