Before 2019 vanishes in the rearview mirror, let’s take a last look at who was king and queen of the multiplex over the past 12 months, as well as who ended up in the bin with the popcorn sweepings. Remember, hindsight is 2020 and as the investment warning goes, “past performance is no guarantee of future results.” Source: Cinema 2019 - Who Had a … [Read more...]
The Problem With Playing Netflix Movies in Cinemas
In its never-ending quest to win an Oscar for Best Picture, it seems that Netflix will be releasing at least one of their original movies into cinemas each year in some form or fashion. Questions remain, however, exactly what forms and fashions Netflix has in mind when releasing their films theatrically, and whether they will upend longstanding … [Read more...]
Australia’s Small Cinemas Hope to Emulate… Sweden? – Celluloid Junkie
Australia’s small and independent cinemas are bandying together to improve their situation and they are looking half-way across the world for inspiration – to Sweden. The Australian Content for Australian Communities (ACAC) initiative by the Small Cinema Owners (SCO) is looking at implementing best practices and act as an industry education focus, … [Read more...]
Huayi Bros To Sell Entire 90.5% Stake in GDC Technology – Celluloid Junkie
Chinese-language media reports that Huayi Brothers is selling its 90.5% stake in GDC Technology, the leading Asian cinema server and equipment vendor [PDF link to financial filing here]. Huayi announced on 3 September that it’s wholly-owned subsidiary Huayi International Investment plans to transfer all of its holdings of GDC’s 243,811,232 shares … [Read more...]
Richard Fox, Founder of Fox Theatres and Former NATO President, Dies at 90 – Celluloid Junkie
Richard Allen Fox, who founded the Reading, Pennsylvania based Fox Theatres chain in the 1950s and went on to become President of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), died at the age of 90 on 24 July 2019 in Boca Raton, Florida. Source: Richard Fox, Founder of Fox Theatres and Former NATO President, Dies at 90 - Celluloid Junkie … [Read more...]
CJ Research: Understanding India’s VPF Conundrum – Celluloid Junkie
Cinema has transcended many a barrier, from the analogue era to the digital cinema evolution. India despite being one of the largest cinema markets has been a very complex one. This has been evident in the adoption of digital cinema technology and the subsequent transition to digital cinema. Today that complexity has resulted in the current … [Read more...]
