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NewsCinemaCon experts advocate for collaboration on lower budget releases
”We need to be patient with these movies and understand there’s a different threshold for what success is.”
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NewsGower Street forecasts slightly stronger 2024 global box office of $32.3bn
Stronger first quarter and late additions to release slate bolster predictions.
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NewsFormer top NATO execs The Fithian Group on why global industry is poised for growth
Founding partners talk direct distribution, clients’ plans for European studio, and why data rules.
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NewsUK’s Reel Cinemas founder KC Suri dies aged 68
Suri moved from India to the UK in 1981, founding the Reel Cinemas chain in 2001, and growing it to 16 sites.
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NewsFrance’s Urban Distribution shuts down as company founder cites “fears for independent cinema”
Urban’s sales and production divisions will continue to operate.
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NewsAlamo Drafthouse Cinema chain exploring sale (reports)
Chain came through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021.
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NewsEdinburgh Filmhouse on track to re-open later this year
The cinema, once the home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, has been closed for two years.
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NewsHow ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ is bringing women and older audiences back to Italian cinemas
An unlikely success story, Paola Cortellesi’s black and white film topped the Italian box office in 2023.
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NewsBFI Film Audience Network unveils programme to improve access to indie film (exclusive)
The Spotlight scheme will support eight hubs, with £1.85m National Lottery funding ringfenced.
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News“Things are looking up”: UK exhibitors and distributors optimistic for 2024
This was the message on the first day of the annual UK Cinema Association (UKCA) conference.
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NewsFrench box office falls in February but ends on a high note with ‘Dune: Part Two’
A lack of big US releases is being blamed for the slump.
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NewsHistoric UK cinema the Electric Birmingham closes
The cinema dates back to 1909, with the last screening listed for yesterday (February 29).
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NewsVue CEO Tim Richards on how company has been “to hell and back”, personally lost him “eight figure” sum (exclusive)
A confident Tim Richards now believes the company is “in the strongest position of any exhibitor” right now.
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NewsCurzon CEO Edward Fletcher affirms senior team with key promotions (exclusive)
Further promotions include managing director cinemas.
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NewsLocal box office for UK indie films drops by 49% in 2023
UK independent market share fell to the second lowest in 20 years.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: event cinema title ‘Dear England’ opens wide
Awards contenders ’The Color Purple’, ‘All Of Us Strangers’ start their runs.
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NewsBBC gameshow ‘The Traitors’ to screen in select UK indie cinemas
Independent cinemas in Birmingham, London and Reading are screening the hit show’s finale.
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NewsEveryman’s profits rise in 2023 despite tough times for UK exhibition sector
Challenges included the Hollywood strikes, a cost-of-living crisis and rising business costs.
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NewsJohn McVay, Phil Clapp and Andy Leyshon call for better support for UK films at committee hearing
The Pact, UKCA and FDA representatives gave oral submission to the UK Parliament’s CMS Committee.
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NewsVue cinema chain restructures debt; no jobs cuts, venue closures planned
Hundreds of millions of pounds of existing debt will be converted to equity, with roughly £50m of new capital being injected into the company.