Avengers: Endgame Smashes 4DX Box Office Records with $37 Million Worldwide

PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES, CA (May 30, 2019) – CJ 4DPLEX (www.cj4dx.com) announced yesterday that Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame broke records becoming the highest grossing film in the shortest time of the company’s history. The innovative multi-sensory format 4DX amassed $37 million box office worldwide in three weeks, marking a new milestone in the history of the company. In less than three weeks, Avengers: Endgame has already surpassed the total box office gross of the previous top 4DX record-holder. Marking a new milestone for the innovative format, Avengers: Endgame moves on to its fourth week run in 4DX theaters around the globe. Amongst the territories, the highest contributing countries include China and France with 13%, Korea at 12%, Japan at 8%, Mexico at 8% and USA at 7% from the total box office. “We are ecstatic in reaching this incredible milestone...

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Long Range Forecast: Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood

Our long range report this week focuses on the highly anticipated ninth film from Quentin Tarantino, slated for release on July 26. In addition, we’ve updated a number of projections in the chart below — most notably Toy Story 4, which this week eclipsed first-day Fandango pre-sales benchmarks of films like Incredibles 2 and Finding Dory. Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood Opening Weekend Range: $40 – 60 million PROS: The combined star power of Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Quentin Tarantino himself instantly makes this worthy of “tentpole” distinction, standing apart even more as it aims for adult moviegoers during the typically youth-friendly summer season. Early reviews following the movie’s premiere at Cannes are ecstatic with 94 percent of 62 Rotten Tomatoes critics awarding it a fresh rating, including praise for the work of all key players involved...

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Pre-Weekend Report: Godzilla: King of the Monsters Returns w/ $6.3M; Rocketman Tunes Up $2.33M; Ma Earns $1.4M

Friday Update: Warner Bros. reports this morning that Godzilla: King of the Monsters bowed with $6.3 million from its first shows last night, setting the stage for what should should be a healthy domestic opening weekend. Last night’s take registered 10.5 percent more than Detective Pikachu ($5.7 million), 57.5 percent more than The Meg ($4.0 million), 70 percent more than Kong: Skull Island ($3.7 million), and 32 percent behind 2014’s Godzilla ($9.3 million). Landing in second among the openers, Rocketman took the stage with $2.33 million in total pre-Friday earnings. That includes $580K from Fandango’s paid sneak previews on May 18, plus an additional $1.75 million from last night’s nationwide shows beginning at 7pm. Comp-wise, the combined figures are 40 percent behind Bohemian Rhapsody ($3.9 million), 49 percent behind A Star Is Born ($4.55 million), and 31.5 percent...

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Eclair Promotes Dan Clark to UK Country Manager

PRESS RELEASE London, United Kingdom – May 31, 2019: Eclair, a leader in content services for the motion picture and television industries, today announced the appointment of Dan Clark to country manager in the United Kingdom. Following his role as commercial director, UK, which he has held since January 2018, Clark has been promoted to UK country manager, effective June 1. Clark started his career in 2001 with Kodak Motion Picture, working in various commercial roles spanning production, post-production and distribution. In 2010, he joined Fujifilm Motion Picture, taking on his first international position as European sales manager. From 2014 to 2017, he was the commercial and client relations manager for Motion Picture Solutions, and between 2012 and 2014 acted as Arts Alliance Media’s sales manager, Content & Distributor Services. “I am thrilled to be taking on...

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Toy Story 4 Breaks Fandango’s Animation Pre-Sales Record, Crushing Incredibles 2

The company’s press release: May 30, 2019 – Disney Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” (opening in theaters June 21) is the new record-holder for best first day presales for an animated title on Fandango, outselling last year’s “Incredibles 2,” the previous record-holder. Tickets went on sale on Fandango on Tuesday at 12 noon PT, and within the first 24 hours, advance ticket sales for the film outpaced other major presellers such as Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” and “Finding Dory,” as well as the live-action “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.” “Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ movies mean the world to so many fans, and that’s very much reflected in the record presales for ‘Toy Story 4,’” says Fandango Managing Editor Erik Davis. “It’s been nearly a decade since the adventures of Woody, Buzz and friends played out on the big screen, and so anticipation for this fourth installment...

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PGA Announces New Speakers, Sessions and Producer Mashup Participants for Produced By 2019

PRESS RELEASE Producers Mashup Participants Revealed Today Include Erik Feig, Gary Goetzman, Mark Gordon, Matthew Weiner and Yolanda T. Cochran LOS ANGELES (May 30, 2019) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today a new batch of marquee speakers and influential producers for the 11th annual Produced By Conference on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles. These additional speakers will participate in panel sessions and workshops throughout the weekend, including “The Future of Producing,” featuring the producers behind critically-acclaimed shows including Russian Doll, Shrill, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cobra Kai and David Makes Man, “360 Profile: When They See Us,” featuring Ava DuVernay, and “The New Age of Producing Horror.” The PGA also announced participants for the Guild’s signature program, “Producers...

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Trailer Impact: Toy Story 4 Tops Recall at 38.9%; Spider-Man: Far From Home Tops Interest in a Cinema View at 63.3%

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Weekend Forecast: Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Rocketman, & Ma

With most schools out now in the post-Memorial Day corridor of the calendar, summer is in full swing as three new releases aim for markedly different audiences this weekend. Will any of them — or more than one — dethrone Aladdin? PROS: Godzilla: King of the Monsters has a loyal fan base of older males to rely on, particularly after the generally positive word of mouth of 2017’s Kong: Skull Island — which cemented the shared universe aspects between that pic, 2014’s Godzilla, and this sequel. That audience isn’t targeted directly at the moment, although John Wick 3‘s third frame provides some minor crossover. With a wide swath of PLF screens — including IMAX — at Godzilla‘s disposal this weekend, average ticket prices could help drive some upside to pre-release tracking. Our models have suggested the film is tracking ahead of The Meg (which opened to $45.4 million last...

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AMC Stubs Crosses 20 Million Households

PRESS RELEASE More than 50 million U.S. moviegoers are enjoying the AMC experience through AMC Stubs and its popular benefits The massive movie-going database allows AMC to better personalize its marketing efforts with impactful and relevant messaging AMC to send more than 1.5 billion personalized e-mails, text messages and mobile app notifications to AMC Stubs members in 2019 LEAWOOD, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– When AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC) (“AMC”) relaunched its AMC Stubs program in the summer of 2016, even the most optimistic projections never would have included a 700 percent membership growth in less than three years in the United States. But with the Company now at more than 20 million AMC Stubs households, that’s exactly what’s happened. At the U.S. average of 2.6 people per household, that means more than 50 million people, which is more than 50 percent of the...

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Showcase Cinemas Announcement of Three Executive Promotions

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Social Pulse: ‘Downton Abbey’ Picks Up Buzz on Facebook

Social Media Review: Monday May 20 to Sunday May 26, 2019 Twitter Spider-Man: Far From Home narrowly staved off a surging Terminator: Dark Fate to threepeat atop the Twitter dashboard for new page likes. Overall numbers were down on the week but despite just having two posts on the week Spidey was just too strong. Terminator: Dark Fate got a warm reception for its first trailer, as did Downton Abbey as both charted for the first time. Toy Story 4 didn’t make the top 5 for new likes but its tweet sharing its final trailer led all films for the highest rated single tweet on the week.  Film New Page Likes Posts Post Likes Post Retweets Spider-Man: Far From Home          9,673  2  48,322  11,159  Terminator: Dark Fate          8,053  8  33,242  14,897  Once Upon A Time...

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CinemaNext Strengthens Services in UK and Ireland with Projection Lighting Specialist

PRESS RELEASE Liège (Belgium) and London (United Kingdom) – May 28, 2019:CinemaNext, European specialist in cinema exhibitor services, today announced it has strengthened its services in the United Kingdom and Ireland via a partnership with Technical Lamp Supplies UK Ltd., the largest supplier of digital cinema projector lamps for the British cinema market, within its CinemaNext UK operations. Founded in 1985, TLS UK supplies a complete range of Xenon lamps, Xenon lamp Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), projector air filters, light measuring equipment, in-house products and technical consultancy to digital projection cinemas as well as other specialist users in the UK and Ireland. Across a broad customer base, TLS has provided technical advice and has been a key lamp supplier to the leading multiplex operators, key independent circuits, many of the bijou and individual...

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National Amusements’ Showcase Cinemas Team to Receive Dan Fellman Show ‘E’ Award at ShowEast

Mark Walukevich, senior VP of film and event cinema worldwide; Duncan Short, senior VP of operations; and Bill LeClair, senior VP of food and beverage at National Amusements, will receive this year’s “Dan Fellman Show ‘E’ Award” at ShowEast. The three individuals will accept the honor during the Final Night Awards Ceremony hosted by The Coca-Cola Company on Thursday, October 17 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The Dan Fellman Show ‘E’ Award, formerly known as the Show ‘E’ award, was renamed in 2015 to honor longtime Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman and to celebrate his impressive 38-year career.Each year the award is presented to an industry member or company in honor of their achievements, dedication, and longevity in the industry.  “We are extremely honored to present National Amusements with this award at ShowEast this year,” stated Andrew Sunshine,...

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Atom Tickets Strikes Deal with Cinemark, Grows to Nearly 80% of Total U.S. Box Office Coverage

PRESS RELEASE Santa Monica, CA, May 28, 2019 – Atom Tickets, the social movie-ticketing platform, announced today it has partnered with Cinemark (NYSE: CNK) to expand its national theater footprint. Cinemark is the third largest national exhibitor in the U.S. and adds more than 4,500 screens at 340 locations to the Atom Tickets network, which now covers over 26,000 screens. The Cinemark deal brings increased screen count in key markets such as Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Denver. The company expects to have Cinemark locations live on the Atom app and website by mid-summer. Movie fans will be able to book tickets through Atom for any Cinemark location while enjoying all the benefits of Atom’s convenient social ticketing platform, including reserving seats in advance of any movie for themselves and their guests; inviting friends via...

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His Song: Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman is an Elton John Musical Fantasia

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Studio Weekend Estimates: Aladdin Soars to $86.1M 3-Day/$105M 4-Day; John Wick 3 Nabs $24.3M/$30.5M; Avengers: Endgame Crosses $800M Domestic

Aladdin worked its magic on the box office this weekend, bringing in an estimated $86.1 million over the three-day period and a studio-projected $105 million over the four-day nearly 27 years after the release of its animated inspiration. Meanwhile, counter-programmers Booksmart and Brightburn debuted to okay results while Avengers: Endgame became only the second film ever to cross $800 million in North America. Debuting in a super-wide 4,476 locations, Aladdin rose above some early negative buzz (centered around Will Smith’s CG-generated genie) and mixed reviews to become the fourth-highest opening ever for a Disney live-action reimagining, behind only Beauty and the Beast ($174.7 million), Alice in Wonderland ($116.1 million) and The Jungle Book ($103.2 million). That’s a much better opening than this year’s Dumbo, which debuted to a disappointing $45.9 million on its...

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Long Range Tracking: The Lion King Paces to Roar with July Record $180-200M+ Debut

One of this summer’s — and the year’s — most anticipated films is only two months from release, and it represents this week’s subject for our long range report. The Lion King (2019) Opening Weekend Range: $180 – 230 million (as of May 24, 2019) PROS: On Trailer Impact, audiences have responded with an Average Positive Interest (API) score ranging between 85 and 90 percent between last December and as recently as last weekend. By comparison, Avengers: Endgame scored 94 percent leading up to release with half as many respondents as Lion King, while Incredibles 2 averaged 86 percent last summer (again, with far fewer respondents). When tracking began in December, Lion King instantly surveyed as the top choice on the Cinema View Interest metric (pre-Endgame trailer release). The original film is universally regarded as a classic for all ages, not just in animation, but...

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Thursday Night: Aladdin Flies to $7M Start; Brightburn Earns $950K

Friday Report: Disney’s live action remake of Aladdin kicked off the long holiday weekend with an estimated $7 million debut last night, including 5pm fan events and general previews that began at 6pm. The most direct comparison — given the holiday frame — is Pirates of the Caribbean 5‘s $5.5 million Thursday night start two years ago as it lead into Memorial Weekend. Among other Disney properties, Aladdin landed in between The Jungle Book ($4.2 million) and Beauty and the Beast ($16.3 million). Read more about the weekend ahead in our forecast here. Also opening this weekend, Brightburn scored a reported $950K from 2,257 locations for Sony / Screen Gems. Very few R-rated genre films have opened over this holiday frame in recent years, but the closest comp looks to be the 2015 Poltergeist remake ($1.4 million). UAR had not yet reported Thursday earnings for Booksmart...

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QSC Opens New SAARC Headquarters in Bengaluru, India

PRESS RELEASE Costa Mesa, Calif. (May 23, 2019) – QSC today celebrates the inauguration of its new SAARC headquarters in Bengaluru, India. The new office is 9,270 sq. ft. and serves as a business development, management and support hub for QSC Systems, Live Sound and Cinema businesses in the region. It also serves as a dedicated training and demonstration area and includes a 13,760 sq. ft. terrace space for customer events.  “Over the last few years, QSC has been dedicated to growing its international presence, and this new entity is a crucial piece of that strategy,” says Markus Winkler, SVP, EMEA South Asia, & Managing Director QSC EMEA GmbH. “As we continue to experience tremendous growth in SAARC year-over-year in all our business units, this dedicated facility will allows us to accelerate our growth trajectory in the coming years.”  “Our business partners...

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DTS, GDC, and B&B Theatres Extend Partnership to Deliver Additional DTS:X Enabled Theaters

PRESS RELEASE B&B Theatres to Add 14 New DTS:X Enabled Screens, Connecting More Moviegoers with Immersive Sound Experiences CALABASAS, Calif. (May 22, 2019) – DTS, a global leader in high-definition audio solutions and a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation(Nasdaq: XPER) (“Xperi”), is proud to announce the addition of 14 new DTS:X enabled cinema screens as an extension of its long-standing partnership with GDC Technology (USA) LLC (“GDC”) and B&B Theatres (“B&B”). DTS creates immersive sound technology that, combined with GDC’s Immersive Sound Solution, delivers a captivating entertainment experience to guests of B&B, the sixth largest theatre chain in North America. The deal extension includes four ScreenX theatres and 10 GRAND SCREEN® premium large format (PLF) rooms, making for 29 total DTS:X auditoriums with B&B.  “We...

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Trailer Impact: Aladdin Tops Recall with New Metric Record at 46.7%; Spider-Man: Far From Home Tops Interest in a Cinema View at 63.6%

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Weekend Forecast: Will Aladdin Enchant Audiences Over Memorial Day Weekend?

One of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year is upon us as families seek out movie theaters to celebrate the end of school in most parts of the country. Our final pre-weekend analysis: PROS: Disney’s latest live action remake brings Aladdin back to the big screen after 27 years. The studio has found enormous success with recent live action efforts (The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast, most notably), and casting Will Smith with his own twist on the Genie — made famous by the late Robin Williams — could give enough of a spin on the tale to interest nostalgic families with kids just being introduced to the property. Pre-release tracking for the Aladdin remake has been solid overall with interest metrics and showtime booking data comparable to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which similarly opened over the four-day Memorial Weekend two years...

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AMC Subscription Plan Grows to 800,000+ Members

PRESS RELEASE AMC Stubs A-List crosses 800,000 and is now the No. 1 movie-going subscription service in North America A-List members continue to increase their moviegoing, see movies multiple times and bring along family and friends Program already contributing to positive financial results for AMC in 2019 LEAWOOD, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC) today announced that the Company is celebrating another milestone achievement as AMC Stubs A-List spent this spring adding an additional 100,000 members and will head into a busy summer movie-going season with the A-List program now exceeding 800,000 moviegoers. That’s an increase of nearly 200,000 members to A-List in 2019, and the 800,000 members put the Company well ahead of its one-year target of 500,000 members by June 26, 2019. At more than 800,000 members, AMC Stubs A-List is the No. 1 movie-going subscription...

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