UK cinemas embrace digital IDs for age verification May 30, 2022 UK cinemas embrace digital IDs as the face of cinema continues to evolve with the times.
Liquidity boost: Cineworld pins hopes on payment delays from Regal shareholders May 4, 2022 On a quest to boost liquidity, Cineworld revealed this morning that it had approached the former dissenting shareholders of its U.S. division Regal Entertainment to further delay payment obligations.
IMAX chief banks £7m compensation as cinema makes steady recovery April 28, 2022 IMAX chief Richard Gelfond received $9m (£7m) compensation last year, up from $6.9m (£5.5m), as the cinema backs its experiential offering.
Batman returns with a bang: Box office debut hits £97m March 6, 2022 Batman well and truly returns this weekend, with “The Batman” raking in $128.5m (£97.1m) in its box office debut. The blockbuster has not only had the best opening weekend of 2022 so far, but it has also followed in the footsteps of Sony’s superhero hit “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, which broke records with its $260m (£197m) [...]
Spider-Man and James Bond power Cineworld’s push towards pre-pandemic revenue levels January 14, 2022 Cineworld's revenues closed in on pre-pandemic levels, following the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home and James Bond's No Time To Die.
No Time To Die: James Bond saves Home Entertainment with £3bn boost January 5, 2022 New data today revealed that Home Entertainment value rose to £3.7bn in 2021, up 13.3 per cent from the previous year, thanks to blockbuster hits like No Time To Die.
No way (home): Latest Spider-Man instalment tops $1bn worldwide December 27, 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the first film produced during the pandemic to have grossed more than $1bn worldwide. After beating the likes of No Time to Die and Chinese war film The Battle of Lake Changjin, No Way Home – which sees cameos from former Spider-mans Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield – has [...]
New ‘Spider-Man’ movie spins a record opening weekend December 19, 2021 “Spider-Man: No Way Home” racked up roughly $253m (£191m) in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend, crushing pandemic records and ranking as the third-biggest domestic debut in Hollywood history, distributor Sony Corp said today. Around the globe, “No Way Home” generated an additional $334.2m (£252.2m) for a worldwide weekend total of $587.2m (£443.3m), [...]
Every man wants an Everyman: group forecasts booming profits November 22, 2021 The owner of Everyman cinemas has forecasted higher profits, thanks to a good “appetite” for high-end cinemas.
Cineworld reports revenue boost of 127 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels November 15, 2021 Cineworld's revenue has grown steadily since reopening and the group touched 90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in October in its recent trading update.