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NewsUK-Ireland box office flattens in November, down 33% year-on-year
Year-to-date takings just 2% ahead of 2024.
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NewsUK’s Curzon to continue operating Mayfair cinema on a rolling basis
EXCLUSIVE: Landlord Fantasio said its ambitious renovation plans were not yet ready to launch.
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NewsBBFC head on how ‘I Swear’ avoided an 18-certificate despite “unprecedented” use of the “c-word”
Tourette’s drama ‘I Swear’ landed on a certificate 15 in the UK despite its use of swear words falling outside of the typical requirements for that bracket.
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News‘Wicked: For Good’ rules UK-Ireland box office with biggest opening since ‘Barbie’
Film scores over £5.5m on each day of weekend, and has £18.9m including previews.
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News‘Wicked: For Good’ soars to $223m at global box office including $76m international bow
Film dominates chart in UK-Ireland, Australia, Germany and more.
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NewsVertigo Releasing launches UK-Ireland premium home entertainment label
EXCLUSIVE: Label will kick off with premium UHD and Blu-ray versions of Kevin Smith’s ’Dogma’ remaster; followed by ‘Good Boy’.
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NewsEuropa Cinemas honours exhibitors in Austria, Poland and France for 2025 awards
EXCLUSIVE: Exhibitor network honours Austria’s Votiv Kino and Kino De France, Poland’s Kino Nowe Horyzonty and France’s Martin Bidou of Haut et Court Cinémas.
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NewsAdvance ticket sales of ‘Wicked: For Good’ are double that of ‘Wicked’, say UK exhibitors
Both chains and independent venues are reporting rapid sales.
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NewsSara Frain to lead Picturehouse’s UK distribution arm; Clare Binns becomes creative director
Clare Binns to transition into a part-time role as creative director at UK exhibitor and distributor.
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News‘Now You See Me 3’ pips ‘The Running Man’ in close UK-Ireland box office battle
Sky Cinema’s ‘Nuremberg’ opens in top five; ‘Christmas Karma’ in top 10.
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News‘Now You See Me 3’ aces $75.5m global box office opening; ‘The Running Man’ starts with $28.2m
Latest ‘Demon Slayer’ soars back to second place through China opening.
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News‘Predator: Badlands’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £2.4m; ‘The Choral’ in second place
‘Regretting You’, ‘Bugonia’ post good holds; ‘Die My Love’ starts with £289,710.
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NewsUK community cinema company Really Local Group forced into liquidation
Catford Mews, Reading Biscuit Factory, Ealing Project, Sidcup Storyteller and Throwley Yard Sutton are now all closed.
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NewsNo film tops £1m at UK-Ireland box office as ‘Regretting You’ leads ‘Bugonia’, ‘Springsteen’
Flat Halloween weekend leaves exhibition sector needing strong November.
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NewsPressure builds for 25% prints and advertising tax relief for UK independent films at autumn budget
The UK parliament’s cross-party culture, media and sport committee has written to chancellor Rachel Reeves backing the intervention.
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NewsIndian films have outperformed local films at the Australian box office over the past five years
Some 1,013 Indian films have been released in Australia since 2021, compared to 341 Australian titles.
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News‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ tops UK-Ireland box office from ‘Regretting You’
‘Chainsaw Man’ scores for Sony; while Mubi’s ‘The Mastermind’ does well.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ borne to cinemas
Paramount has romantic drama ‘Regretting You’, Altitude has kids animation ‘Pets On A Train’.
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NewsAlex Walton, Amanda Nevill and Johnny Depp among speakers at third Saudi Film Confex
Film business exhibition, which aims to develop Saudi industry, has attracted local and international guests.
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NewsGerman government to support cinemas showing European and arthouse films
“We need the unifying power of film art,” says Germany’s culture minister Wolfram Weimer at launch of €7m fund for exhibitors.