The Weekend Round-up
The Bond juggernaut marches on as SPECTRE held on to the top spot. In its third weekend it banked £7.8m, down 40% from last weekend, and now sits on a huge £77.6m. That’s enough to put it fourth on the list of highest grossing films of all time in the UK, with only Titanic (thanks to 3D re-release), Avatar and Skyfall ahead of it. It will overtake Titanic’s £80m total at some point this week and should have the legs to at least get very close to Avatar’s £93.6m in second. Read more
The Dressmaker comes to cinemas on Friday, 20 November. Ahead of its release, MyMovies caught up with Kate Winslet for an exclusive interview about what fans can expect from the film.
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In a world where tech augments our bodies, where data seeks to quantify the self and where content strives to reach and influence every being on our planet, the 2015 Mindshare Huddle looked to explore what it means to be human right now, across technology, design, data, culture and business.
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DCM's 2015 Upfronts, our annual event exploring the opportunities for brands to engage in the unique cinema environment, is being held on the morning of 23 November at BAFTA.
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The Weekend Round-up
After opening with comfortably the biggest opening weekend of the year last week, and the fourth biggest of all time, the question was how well SPECTRE would hold up on its second weekend. Well, the answer was pretty well. A drop of 34% to £13.1m, means that SPECTRE is now on £64m, less than £400k behind 2015’s top film, Jurassic World. Read more
After being symbolized as the "Mockingjay", Katniss Everdeen and District 13 engage in an all-out revolution against the autocratic Capitol. This final instalment promises to be the thrilling climax the series deserves and a true cinemtaic event.
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The Savoy Cinema in Nottingham celebrated 80 years last Saturday (7 November). The cinema opened in 1935 and is now Nottingham’s oldest surviving cinema.
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There's less than a week to go until the UKCA 2015 one-day conference. This year’s event – Engage, Reward, Grow: Marketing the big screen experience – will take place at Picturehouse Central, London on 17 November 2015. As with last year’s event, it will be open both to Association members and to colleagues from across the wider industry.
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Last week was telling for the cinema industry. Two of this year’s most anticipated films broke records. SPECTRE finally hit the big screen with the film breaking the record for the biggest opening seven day gross in history, with £41.3m. That wasn’t from the full week either, with the first public screenings on the opening day not starting until 7.30pm after the commencement of the world premiere. The previous record holder, Bond’s last outing in Skyfall, could only manage a paltry £37.3m in a full seven days. Brand Bond continues to launch in cinema with spectacular results.
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Digital Cinema Media’s (DCM) Fantasy Film League (FFL) returns for the penultimate phase of 2015. Get ready to answer ten more questions on the most exciting franchise in cinema.
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DCM has provided screen space to Dennis Publishing, to release a new cinema ad for its Trees for Trees campaign this weekend as it prepares to plant 10,000 trees in a single day on The Drum's Do it Day.
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Merlin Cinemas has given a new lease of life to the UK’s most northerly mainland cinema, Thurso Cinema in Caithness.
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