The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report shows UK ad spend increased 9.3 per cent to £9.2 billion (€10.9bn) during the first three months of 2024 – setting a new high for a first quarter period. Data reveals this rise was almost three percentage points (pp) ahead of forecast, due to stronger-than-expected online growth, with online […]
Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time, with $1.462 billion (€1.35bn) to date at the global box office. In addition to surpassing Disney’s Frozen 2 (2019) on the animated chart, the film has also moved into the #13 spot in the all-time industry global box office rankings. […]
Millimages, the independent European animation studio and IP developer, and Belgian cinema chain Kinepolis have announced Molang’s first ever cinema film event. Opening on September 1st and distributed by the chain’s distribution arm Kinepolis Film Distribution France, Molang at the Movies will screen in 40+ cinemas across France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Molang at […]
Cinema chain Cineworld is reportedly drawing up plans to shutter a number of its UK cinemas as part of a restructuring that would also include extensive rent cuts. Cineworld is looking to close around 25 of its 102 multiplexes, and also plans to renegotiate rent agreements at a further 50 sites, with the remaining 25 […]
The Cultural Power of Cinema is the latest edition of Digital Cinema Media’s (DCM) Building Box Office Brands series, created in partnership with Burst Your Bubble. The study reveals cinema’s leading role in co-viewing experiences (98 per cent) and how brands using the medium can in turn maximise commercial and social impact. Against a backdrop […]
SPI International has expands its distribution arm bringing Arcadian to new territories. After a Hungarian premiere in May, the Nicolas Cage-starring movie will debut in Netherlands and Israel. The movie will premiere first in Israel on July 4th following the success of The Beekeeper (starring Jason Statham) and Bandit (starring Josh Duhamel and Mel Gibson), […]
Classic films are works of art that have not only stood the test of time but also shaped cinema history. Whether it’s starting a new style in filmmaking, employing innovative techniques or making changes to films as we all know them, the six classic films in this article helped shape cinema history and left an […]
Piece of Magic Entertainment (POM) and Bandai Namco Europe have announced their partnership to bring the highly anticipated anime movie Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM exclusively to cinemas in 26 territories across Europe. This collaboration will bring the movie to fans all over Europe and offer them an unforgettable cinematic experience celebrating the iconic Gundam […]
The BBFC has published its new Classification Guidelines, informed by its largest-ever public consultation. Throughout 2023, the BBFC spoke to 12,000 people across the UK to explore what matters most to audiences when it comes to classification. The research found people are now more concerned about depictions of violence on screen in content across all […]
NBC will extend its daily live daytime coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics to AMC Theatres as a ticketed event throughout the US from July 27th-August 11th. Beginning the day after the Opening Ceremony, select daytime hours of NBCUniversal’s live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC will be shown in approximately 160 AMC […]