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business13 days ago•5 min saved

2026 Summer Box Office Breaks Records as Theaters Adapt to a New Era

Summer 2026 set a domestic box-office record at $4.76 billion (May 1–Sept. 7), boosted by Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Universal’s The Odyssey, and an extra sales week, signaling a shift toward premium formats and a broader, more diverse slate amid fewer screens and titles post-pandemic. Higher PLF ticket prices (Imax and other large formats) helped compensate for tepid attendance, while Disney’s Infinity Vision certification illustrates an industry push to emphasize premium cinema. With steady momentum and strong concessions, analysts forecast the full year could top $10 billion for the first time since before the pandemic, even as 2019-era attendance remains out of reach due to fewer theaters and films.

via CNBC|

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entertainment20 days ago•41 min saved

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Holds Fifth Weekend at UK-Ireland Box Office as The Odyssey Rides On

Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day remained No. 1 at the UK and Ireland box office for a fifth straight weekend, taking £2.7 million ($3.7M) and pushing its 27‑day total to about $125.5 million. Universal's The Odyssey held second in its seventh week with $3.2 million this frame and $107.6 million overall, while Insidious: Out of the Further, Coyote vs. Acme, The Dog Stars, and The End of Oak Street completed the top five.

via Yahoo News Canada|

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entertainment7 months ago•4 min saved

UK cinemas see soft uptake for Melania Trump documentary despite wide release

Amazon MGM’s authorized Melania Trump documentary opened in 100+ UK cinemas to soft pre-sales, with several venues reporting few tickets sold. Analysts hint at a four-walling strategy (cinemas paid a fixed fee) to justify the broad rollout amid modest prospects. The film carries a $40m rights deal and $35m in global marketing, and while it expands to 27 countries with a Washington premiere, UK box-office potential remains uncertain and per-screen averages could be very low despite the large advertising push.

via The Guardian|

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business3 years ago•1 min saved

National CineMedia files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

National CineMedia, the largest movie-theater advertising business in North America, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and entered into a restructuring agreement with its lenders. The move highlights the challenges facing the cinema industry, which is yet to recover from the pandemic slump and a lack of major film releases. Under the restructuring, NCM's secured lenders will convert all its debt into equity, and its listed holding company, National CineMedia Inc, will receive an ownership interest of about 14% in the restructured entity. Shares of the holding company rose more than 60% to $0.33 on Wednesday, having jumped 55% a day earlier after AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc disclosed it had acquired a large stake, making it NCM's second-largest shareholder.

via Yahoo Finance|

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business3 years ago•1 min saved

Cineworld abandons sale plans and unveils restructuring deal.

Cineworld has dropped plans to sell its businesses in the US, UK and Ireland after failing to find a buyer. The cinema chain, which was hit hard by the pandemic, has struck a deal with its lenders to restructure its substantial debt and exit bankruptcy. Cineworld plans to raise $2.26bn of new funding and will continue to consider proposals for the sale of its business outside the US, UK and Ireland.

via BBC|

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