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NewsAltitude’s Will Clarke calls for more feel-good UK comedies, says there is money in the market
“We can make British content, but with scale and ambition,” said Clarke at the PFM.
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NewsTaylor Swift leads UK-Ireland box office; ‘One Battle After Another’ sets PTA record
‘The Smashing Machine’ opens in fourth; Harris Dickinson’s ‘Urchin’ makes decent start.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up 18% in September compared to previous year
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’, ‘Downton Abbey 3’ boosted takings.
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News‘One Battle After Another’ tops UK-Ireland box office with strong £2.4m opening
Disney’s ‘Hamilton’ release lands in second place.
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News‘Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl’ advance sales outstripping ‘The Eras Tour’ in Europe
One major European exhibitor reports presale admissions are 80% ahead on the new title.
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News‘Downton Abbey 3’ tops £10m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ misses top five
Same titles in top five as ‘The Long Walk’ holds well for Lionsgate.
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NewsCinema United report says North American exhibitors invested $1.5bn in past year
Top eight operators have spent $920m in upgrading seats, remodelling concession stands, installing projection systems.
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NewsVue appoints CFO ahead of expected 2026 public offering
The fast-expanding European exhibitor has acquired two Italian cinemas this week.
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NewsLisa Nandy takes “dim view” of streamers and Banijay for not funding UK industry standards body CIISA
More support for the exhibition sector and “frustrations” over AI legislation were also talking points.
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NewsCanal+ enters negotiations for 34% stake in cinema operator UGC
”This transaction demonstrates the group’s commitment to cinema and theatrical exhibition.”
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News“I always want more of everything”: Guillermo del Toro on ‘Frankenstein’ cinema release
“It’s a fluid dialogue, and I’m very happy,” said del Toro of the release plans.
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NewsCannes, IFFR winners ‘I Only Rest In The Storm’, ‘Fiume o morte!’ acquired for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Distributor will release both titles in cinemas this autumn.
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News‘Weapons’ top for third weekend as UK-Ireland box office stagnates
Picturehouse Entertainment’s ‘Sorry, Baby’ among top per-site performers.
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NewsUK exhibitors eye Showcase Cinemas sites following Paramount/Skydance deal
Parent company National Amusements is now owned by Skydance as part of the Paramount-Skydance merger.
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News‘Weapons’ maintains UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Materialists’ starts in third
EFD horror ‘Together’ takes just over £500,000; strong performance from ‘Princess Mononoke’.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Materialists’ matches up with 687 cinemas
Universal has ‘Nobody’ sequel; EFD opens body horror ‘Together’.
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NewsNational Cinema Day paused for 2025
Cinema First, organisers of the one-day annual initiative, hope to see it return next year.
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NewsCineworld pulls in 300,000 UK cinemagoers with family-film ticket scheme
The £1-per-ticket initiative is on track to pass 500,000 admissions by the end of the summer
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NewsPrince Charles Cinema eyes second London venue
The cinema has put in a bid to take over and reopen what was the Stratford Picturehouse in east London.
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News‘Weapons’ lands top of UK-Ireland box office ahead of ‘Freakier Friday’
Solid start for Trafalgar Releasing’s Eminem fandom documentary ‘Stans’.