LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ( January 3, 2025 )
December 2024 UK & Ireland Box Office Monthly Review
December 2024 grossed £115,581,488. This is a 21% increase from the £95.5m recorded in December 2023, led by “Wonka” contributing £49.3m. The overall total for the year stands at £1.06 billion, concluding 2024 on a par with last year and 8% up versus 2022. “Wicked” continues…
PLANO, TEXAS ( January 2, 2025 )
Cinemark Celebrates Its First “Bring Your Own Bucket” Day for National Popcorn Day on Jan. 19
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), one of the largest and most influential theatrical exhibition companies in the world, invites popcorn lovers everywhere to grab their favorite bucket and head to their local Cinemark theater to celebrate the chain’s first-ever “Bring Your Own Bucket” day in honor…
PROVO, UTAH ( December 22, 2024 )
Angel Studios Projects $6M for Post-Apocalyptic Thriller “Homestead” on Opening Weekend
Angel Studios—a platform and studio empowering filmmakers to crowdfund, create, and distribute films —is announcing its projected weekend results for its post-apocalyptic thriller “Homestead.” With an estimated weekend cume box office of $6M, the film debuts in 5th place. In a competitiv…
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA ( December 19, 2024 )
Christie Partners With Life Without Barriers to Bring the Magic of Cinema to Foster Families in Ipswich
Christie is proud to join forces with Life Without Barriers, a charity and social purpose organization, to deliver festive joy to foster families in Ipswich, Queensland. As part of this initiative, Christie is donating 165 Hoyts Cinema e-vouchers, inviting families to experience the magic of cinema…
LLEIDA, SPAIN ( December 19, 2024 )
Ocine Chooses Christie CineLife+ Series for New Premium Multiplex
Christie is proud to announce that Ocine, Spain’s third-largest cinema exhibition chain, has selected its CineLife+ Series cinema projectors to equip its new Ocine Premium Lleida multiplex, which opened earlier this month. This will be Ocine’s first fully premium multiplex in Catalonia. Locate…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ( December 19, 2024 )
Slamdance 2025 Announces Lineup for First Los Angeles Edition of the Festival
The 31st Slamdance Film Festival, the artist-led organization “by filmmakers, for filmmakers,” has unveiled its 2025 lineup. Celebrating more than three decades of discovering and championing industry-changing talent, Slamdance takes center stage in Los Angeles, the heart of the entertainment indust…
London ( December 19, 2024 )
Gower Street Announces Early 2025 Global Box Office Estimate
Gower Street Analytics estimates 2025 Global box office will reach $33 billion. This marks a bounce-back from the slight downturn experienced in 2024, with 2025 currently anticipated to finish approximately 8% ahead of the estimated full-year 2024 result (currently estimated at $30.5bn). “2025 is se…
Berkeley, Calfironia ( December 18, 2024 )
Meyer Sound Celebrates Decades of Creative Partnership with Kennedy Center Honorees the Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola
As the Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are celebrated at the 47th annual Kennedy Center Honors and beyond, Meyer Sound proudly reflects on its decades of collaboration with these icons of creativity and innovation. The Grateful Dead and Coppola have left indelible marks on culture, and their…
MUMBAI, INDIA ( December 18, 2024 )
Galalite Brings Cutting-Edge Screen Technology to CineAsia 2024
The groundbreaking technology powered by Galalite redefined cinema screens with its innovative products at CineAsia 2024. Unforgettable event for cinema innovation CineAsia 2024 was a grand gathering of leaders and enthusiasts of the Asia-Pacific region’s cinematic industry. Here, the most rec…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (December 18, 2024)
PARK CITY, UTAH (December 18, 2024)
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA ( December 18, 2024 )
IMAX at Event Cinemas Pacific Fair to Open Tomorrow
IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) and EVT are thrilled to announce that IMAX at Event Cinemas Pacific Fair will officially open tomorrow, 19 December 2024, just in time for Christmas and the global release of “Mufasa: The Lion King.” This new state-of-the-art IMAX auditorium promises to deli…
BANGKOK, THAILAND ( December 18, 2024 )
Major Cineplex Celebrates 30 Years of Innovation with a Landmark Technological Agreement with Arts Alliance Media
As Major Cineplex proudly celebrates its 30th anniversary, the leading cinema operator in Southeast Asia has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Arts Alliance Media (AAM), a global leader in digital cinema software and services. This collaboration underscores Major Cineplex’s unwavering comm…
SEOUL, KOREA ( December 17, 2024 )
Christie 4K RGB Laser Projectors and Mystique Cinema Enhance Visuals at World’s Longest Screen in South Korea
Christie is proud to announce that CGV, South Korea’s largest cinema chain, has elevated its flagship SCREENX Theatre with Christie CineLife+ Series CP4455-RGB pure laser projectors and Christie Mystique Cinema software. This state-of-the-art enhancement offers audiences an immersive cinematic exper…
WASHINGTON, DC ( December 17, 2024 )
25 Films Named to National Film Registry for Preservation
Twenty-five films have been selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2024 due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today. The new selections date back nearly 130 years and includ…
PARK CITY, UTAH (December 16, 2024)
DENVER, COLORADO ( December 16, 2024 )
Fathom Events Reports Record-Breaking 2024 Business Performance With Specialty Distribution Model; Set to Rebrand as Fathom Entertainment in January 2025
Ray Nutt, CEO of Fathom Events, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide, announced that the company is on track for record-breaking gross revenues of more than $145 million, representing a 45% increase in sales from last year’s gross revenues of $100 million. Nu…
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA ( December 12, 2024 )
The Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 Closing Night and Awards
The Fourth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) came to a crescendo with the naming of the winners of this year’s prestigious Yusr Awards, Red Sea Honouree Awards for icons Viola Davis and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and a closing gala screening of Johnny Depp’s second directorial v…
CAIRO, EGYPT (December 12, 2024)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ( December 12, 2024 )
Cinemacon Welcomes Back the Major Studios and Their Film Slates to World’s Largest Theatrical Convention in 2025
CinemaCon, the world’s premier showcase of theatrical exhibition hosted by the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), today announced that all of the major Hollywood studios will be on hand to showcase their upcoming theatrical slates when cinema owners gather next year at Caesars Palace in…
