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Dan Snyder, the American billionaire owner of the Washington National Football League (NFL) team, is taking delivery of a new superyacht, complete with the world’s first floating private Imax movie theatre – at an additional $3m (£2.3m) cost. Source: Showboat: … Continued
Star Wars: The Last Jedi top earning film of 2017, with £1.38bn in overall takings showing cinema retains appeal in digital age Source: Cinema box office in UK and Ireland breaks record third year in a row | Film | … Continued
Plans for a £130m national centre for film and television on the South Bank in London have been abandoned by the British Film Institute, in a decision partly blamed on the uncertain political and economic climate as Brexit looms. Source: … Continued
Avengers: Age of Ultron and Fifty Shades of Grey have boosted business at Cineworld so far this year, and the group has high hopes for the rest of 2015 with Jurassic World, the final Hunger Games outing and the James … Continued
Ealing Studios, the name behind Britain’s best-loved back catalogue of films, from Passport to Pimlico to Kind Hearts and Coronets, is stepping back into the frame, with a new boss, new money, and ambitions to change the landscape of the … Continued
It was an afternoon in late February of 1896 that 54 passersby sat in a small theatre on Regent Street. There was little to suggest to this audience, many of whom had wandered in from the street, that for the … Continued
Hits such as Fifty Shades of Grey and The Theory of Everything led to more than 42m admissions in the first three months of the year via UK cinema box office sees strongest first quarter since 2011 | Film | … Continued
Kansas lawmakers are working on a bill that will make it illegal for people receiving government aid to use the money to go to the cinema. via Benefits claimants in Kansas might be banned from going to the cinema | … Continued
For 30 years it has been the bedrock of Manchester’s cultural life, serving as a meeting point and drinking hole for the city’s independent minds, as well as an arthouse cinema and gallery. But on Saturday the much-loved Cornerhouse will … Continued
A YouGov poll has found that Brits spend an average of £7.85 on extras when we go to the cinema, and that despite the price, we’re intending to visit more via UK cinemas getting sweet deal as spending on snacks … Continued