Star Wars: The Force Awakens premieres in London this evening and finally comes to cinemas across the country from midnight. The unprecedented demand seen for the release of the film is leading to speculation that The Force Awakens has the potential to be THE biggest film of all time in the UK, challenging Skyfall for the mantle of the highest-ever grossing movie.
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The Weekend Round-up
The top five is exactly the same as it was last weekend and there were no new entries in the top 15, as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 became the first film since Les Misérables in 2013 to hold on to the top spot for four consecutive weekends. A drop of 43% to £1.3m, is a much shallower drop than the 52% Part 1 fell on its fourth weekend last year and, although it’s still tracking behind Part 1, it’s catching up. It now sits on £25.5m, and provided it can hold on to some screens with Star Wars imminent, it should add a bit more over the Christmas period. Read more
Digital Cinema Media’s IT Director, Simon Rose, speaks to ComputerWeekly.com about plans to balance innovation in areas such as mobile and analytics with crucial infrastructure demands into 2016.
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The Weekend Round-up
On a quiet weekend before The Force Awakens, the top four remained the same as last week. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 held on to the top spot for a third straight weekend, falling 51% to £2.2m, for a new cume of £22.3m. Read more
Roald Dahl's The BFG comes to the big screen next year, courtesy of Steven Spielberg, and a teaser trailer for the movie has today been unveiled.
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Digital Cinema Media (DCM) is excited to be shortlisted for the 2016 Media Research Awards, in the ‘Best Use of Data Sets’ category for its proximity planning tool, Cinemapper.
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Cinema owners Derek Hook, Raymond Hook and Dorothy Smith recently purchased the Ambleside Lodge in Ambleside, Cumbria. The trio are already the proud owners of Zeffirellis, an independent cinema, award winning restaurant and jazz bar also located in Ambleside.
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Now celebrating her 25th year at mac birmingham, Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Dorothy Wilson MBE FRSA, was awarded a new honour - UK Theatre Insurance Award for Theatre Employee/Manager of the Year 2015. The prize was won jointly alongside Gaby Paradis, from the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
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Victor Frankenstein comes to cinemas on Thursday 3 December. Ahead of its release, MyMovies caught up with Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy for an exclusive interview about what fans can expect from the film.
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This week, WPP’s Group M, Britain’s biggest media buyer, upgraded its forecast for advertising revenue growth in the UK to 7 per cent in both 2015 and 2016.
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The Weekend Round-up
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 held on to the top spot for a second straight weekend, falling 51% (once previews are removed) to £4.5m, for a new cume of £19.3m. Last year, Mockingjay Part 1 fell 52% on its second weekend, so this second instalment is holding up slightly better. Read more
THIS WAY UP returns next week, at a brand new venue - HOME in Manchester. The film exhibition innovation conference – which launched last year to great acclaim – returns with a packed two-day schedule. With over 60 speakers and 20 panels, workshops and labs it promises to be a jam-packed, ideas-filled couple of days that will inspire and enlighten, provoke and challenge.
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