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UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2024
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French box office plummets in April but May starts off strong with record-breaking ‘A Little Something Extra’
A lack of big US releases caused the year-on-year dip.
Steven Knight, Brian Cox, David Harewood support campaign to save UK cinema Electric Birmingham
The cinema closed at the end of February, amid concerns its Station Street location is to be rebuilt by a property developer.
Picturehouse, Vue bosses disagree on state of UK exhibition sector at CMS committee
Clare Binns said industry is in “a bit of a crisis”; while Tim Richards is “a bit more bullish.”
Vue planning further shift into UK-Ireland distribution after ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’
Vue CEO Tim Richards said the company is going to “start bringing in Polish films, German films, Dutch films and Danish films”.
Clare Binns to receive UNIC achievement award at CineEurope
Binns will receive the award during CineEurope in June.
CinemaCon 2024 analysis: studios sidestep corporate speculation as show goes on
Annual exhibitors convention in Las Vegas ran April 8-11.
CinemaCon: Disney entertains with ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, ‘Inside Out 2’, Dwayne Johnson
Barry Jenkins talks ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’.
CinemaCon: AMC head dismisses notion that exhibitor will file for bankruptcy
Session also hears from Academy CEO, top Disney executive.
Sky Studios exec joins London’s Garden Studios as chief operating officer
Bee Devine replaces Anthony Gannon.
Imax unveils expansion plans with cinema chains in China and Thailand
The large-screen format organisation has closed deals with Bona Film Group and Major Cineplex.
CinemaCon: NATO’s Michael O’Leary urges investment in theatres, MPA’s Charles Rivkin fiery on piracy
“Getting more capital into the system will benefit everyone,” O’Leary tells attendees.
George Miller on “mystical” ‘Furiosa’ star Anya Taylor-Joy; CinemaCon Day 1 round-up
International Day awards ceremony; Pulitzer Prize-winning author on impacts of cinema; ComScore signs deal with B&B Theatres.
Panellists talk windows and piracy, local-language success, FOMO at CinemaCon
“The longer the window, the better our business and the less pirated it is.”
CinemaCon 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.”
Gower Street forecasts slightly stronger 2024 global box office of $32.3bn
Stronger first quarter and late additions to release slate bolster predictions.
Former 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.
UK’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.
France’s Urban Distribution shuts down as company founder cites “fears for independent cinema”
Urban’s sales and production divisions will continue to operate.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain exploring sale (reports)
Chain came through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021.