The winners of the 2015 Screen Awards
The cinema industry gathered last week to celebrate excellence in film distribution, exhibition, marketing, publicity and brand partnerships in the UK market at the 2015 Screen Awards.
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59th BFI London Film Festival comes to a close
The curtain came down on the 59th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) last Sunday, 18 October, with the Steve Jobs biopic closing the festival.
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Star Wars storms ahead with early ticket sales
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is already breaking records, as super fans across the country flooded cinema chains’ ticket websites in a rush to secure their seat to one of, if not the, most anticipated film of the year.
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Box Office: Hotel Transylvania 2 checks into the top spot
The Weekend Round-up
Hotel Transylvania 2 opened in the top spot with £6.3m. That figure includes £3.5m from previews from the previous two weekends, but even so, its weekend total of £2.8m would still have been enough to top the box office. This is a real success story, as the first Hotel Transylvania managed £8.3m over its entire run and with half term week still to come, the second instalment should add a fair bit more too. Read more
Suffragette: exclusive interview with Anne-Marie Duff and Brendan Gleeson
Suffragette hit the big screen this week. MyMovies caught up with Anne-Marie Duff and Brendan Gleeson for an exclusive interview about what fans can expect from the film.
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TouchPoints 6: Britain’s changing media habits
DCM’s Research and Insight Manager, Michael Tull, talks about the highlights from the recent IPA TouchPoints 6 launch and why cinema plays a vital role in the media mix.
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UN Global Goals reach almost 3 billion people in just 7 days
The Global Goals campaign reached almost 3 billion people in just seven days. That’s an estimated 40% of the world’s population, an average of 417 million people per day.
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Curzon appoints Digital Cinema Media to grow revenues and build brand partnerships
Curzon has appointed Digital Cinema Media (DCM), the UK market leader in cinema advertising, to grow its ad revenue and build brand partnerships across the Curzon portfolio. DCM will take over the current contract, which is held by Pearl & Dean, from 1 January 2016.
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Up On The Roof Film Festival wins big at The Fresh Awards
The Up On The Roof Film Festival, the outdoor cinema week run in conjunction with McCann London, Picturehouse Cinemas and Digital Cinema Media (DCM) this summer picked up three golds at The Fresh Awards last week (9 October).
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Box Office: The Martian still out on its own
The Weekend Round-up
The Martian is still out on its own at the top of the box office, enjoying a terrific second weekend, falling just 21% (once previews are removed) to £3.9m and after eleven days in cinemas it has banked £13.2m. That’s a better second weekend than Interstellar, which managed £3.8m second weekend on its way to a £20.7m total.. Read more
Event Cinema Association annual conference
The Event Cinema Association (ECA) is hosting its third annual ECA Conference aimed at exhibitors, distributors, content providers and affiliate technical partners within the Event Cinema (Alternative Content) industry.
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ODEON wins Ocean Outdoor Award
ODEON, along with NHS Blood and Transplant, were named overall winners at last week's Ocean Outdoor Awards, the annual digital creative competition which celebrates pushing the creative boundaries in digital out of home advertising.
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