The Middle East cinema market will reach $3.44 billion by 2033, up from $1.66 billion in 2024, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.41 percent between 2025 and 2033, according to a new report from the company Research and Markets. The key players in the Middle East cinema industry are AMC, Imax, Cinepolis, Vox Cinemas, Empire Cinemas, Cinema City and Al Shaab Cinema.
Cinema exhibitor PVR Inox plans to add 100 screens next year entailing an investment of around Rs200 crore, according to its executive director Sanjeev Kumar Bijli.
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Naples, Florida is hurtling back to the legendary movies of 1974 as part of its Time Capsule series, a yearlong trek through six landmark years of cinema. The sixth sequence concluding Alamo Drafthouse’s odyssey backward through time, Time Capsule 1974 includes classic titles heading back to the big screen at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Naples.
Mega Matrix has signed a memorandum of understanding with 9Yards Cinema Production, a subsidiary of 9Yards Communications, a fully integrated marketing and media agency headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to jointly establish an investment fund focused on the development of global short drama and pan-entertainment sector.
Severtson Screens will highlight numerous cinema screens and coatings during CineAsia 2024, which is being held in Bangkok, Thailand at the True Icon Hall Convention Center December 9-12. During the expo, Severtson will promote its most popular options for its folded SeVision 3D GX line with enhanced projection screen coating as well as its SAT-4K acoustically transparent cinema projection screen line.
CJ4DPlex has partnered with Cinema West to launch a new lineup of premium auditoriums. This collaboration will introduce three expansive 270-degree panoramic ScreenX theaters, starting with Cinema West's Palladio 16 Cinema in Folsom, California, which will open this week featuring the highly anticipated film Wicked from Universal Pictures.
The luxury Spanish wine brand Beronia has formed an exclusive partnership with Curzon Cinema to sponsor the independent cinema chain's Ivory Christmas season of films, which celebrates the work of filmmaking duo Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, famed for highly decorated literary adaptations such as The Remains of The Day and Call Me By Your Name.
CinemaNext has launched its Cine-Tec Cinema Engineer Apprentice Scheme - The Johnny Poole Foundation in the UK. This two-year apprenticeship program aims to cultivate the next generation of cinema technology experts and address the growing skills shortage facing the industry and has already accepted its first candidate.
The Lion King has been named the UK’s favorite big screen blockbuster turned stage musical, new national research has revealed today. The survey, conducted by Showcase Cinemas, saw the 1994 family favorite come out on top with 24 percent of the vote, narrowly beating out competition from 70s classic Grease (21 percent) and The Sound of Music (20 percent), starring Julie Andrews.
The Fithian Group today announced the first film for the experimental Alpha development phase of its recently announced online theatrical digital distribution and marketing platform, Attend. Loosely based on a true story, You, Me & Her explores whether a menage a trois can save a marriage.
