The Weekend Round-up
Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie topped the box office for the second weekend running with £2.2m. The BBC comedy has now grossed £9.3m, which is over three times the total gross of both Keith Lemon: The Film and The Harry Hill Movie, neither of which cracked the £3m mark. There was also no change in second place as The Fault In Our Stars fell 40% to £962k and a very healthy cume of £8.6m. Read more
It's July and we're now closer to Christmas than the start of the year. The nights are drawing in so what better way to spend an evening than in the comfort of the cinema? It's been a terrific year so far for film, kicking off with arguably the highest quality awards season for years. The BAFTA and Oscar Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave grossed over £20m at the box office, which is a remarkable achievement for a film of such uncompromising power. The Wolf of Wall Street may not have scooped any major awards but it became the highest grossing 18 certificate film of all time with £22.7m. They were ably supported by American Hustle which became director, David O Russell's most successful film in the UK.
The big February film was an instant classic, The Lego Movie was an explosion of wit and creativity and was an utter delight. It's the biggest film of the year to date and it may be a few more months before its overtaken. Awards season may be well gone by March but awards worthy films continued and The Grand Budapest Hotel took everyone by surprise by becoming director, Wes Anderson's biggest film of all time and charming audiences to the tune of £10.9m. Read more
DCM Close Up is delighted to be supporting the Into Film Festival this November, along with many UK cinemas. There is still time for more cinema sites to support this great cause that takes film and cinema out into the heartland of the community through its various youth programmes. This week DCM Close Up would like to share with you a little background on the organisation and the work it carries out.
Into Film is a charity that puts film at the heart of the educational and personal development of children and young people aged 5-19 across the UK. The organisation was born from the legacy of two leading film education charities, FILMCLUB and First Light. Read more
This article originally appeared in the July issue of ToyWorld magazine
Could it be that 2014 is seeing a turning point in the way kids watch entertainment? With Disney’s Frozen breaking records at the global Box Office to become the highest grossing animated film ever (beating Toy Story 3), a generation of young cinema fans is reported to be reliving the movie phenomenon again and again. DCM'S Toy and Games Specialist, Steve Chambers looks at how children are engaging with media in a multiplatform world. Read more
Brian Harries, the manager and projectionist at the Brynamman Cinema in the Brecon Beacons has been awarded the B.E.M British Empire Medal for 50 years’ service at the cinema and to the community. Brian and his wife Gillian had the honour of meeting the Queen and Prince Philip at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party and spoke to Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall.
The Prince asked Brian what part of Wales he and Gillian come from. “I told him not too far from where his property is just across the mountain,” Brian told DCM Close Up. “He was very amused. Princess Alexandra asked if we speak Welsh to which I replied all the time at home. She told us that her parents were Greek and she regretted not being able to speak the language. So I've now got my medal!” Read more
At an awards ceremony held in East London last Thursday (3 July), 32 Yellow Pencils and one White Pencil were awarded to students from the UK, USA, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Singapore and South Africa at the annual D&AD New Blood Awards. These awards aim to reach young creatives from as far and wide as possible to offer inspiration, learning and genuine opportunities on the way into the industry. They also give full time students, recent graduates and under 24s around the world the chance to take on a variety of industry standard briefs set by global brands. This year, Digital Cinema Media set the audio-visual brief with the challenge to ‘show the emotion of film’ through the creation of a 30 second ident.
[caption id="attachment_9896" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Left to right: Samantha Wilkinson (University of Central Lancashire), Richard Teahan (University of Central Lancashire), Zoe Jones (DCM), Kir Khachaturov, (Russian Federation) and Konstantin Novikov, Russian Federation (British Higher School of Art & Design)[/caption] Read more
[caption id="attachment_9806" align="aligncenter" width="550"] The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Annual Summer Party 2014[/caption]
The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF) held its annual summer party last Thursday to raise awareness and funds for this noble cause. Now in its 90th year, the CTBF continues to support people who work behind the scenes in the film, cinema and commercial television industries. The organisation exists to support creatives, production professionals, marketers and administration staff from script to screen, who find themselves in times of need for one reason or another. Read more
In this month’s podcast, DCM’s Head of Film, Tom Linay, is joined by Steven Davis, Head of Exhibition, to discuss this years CineEurope and The Magnificent Seven. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie topped d’box office this weekend, opening with a hefty £4.3m. That’s the seventh highest debut of the year, above both Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Maleficent. Television to film adaptations have had an uneven history but Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie has already far outperformed the total run of both Keith Lemon: The Film and The Harry Hill Movie, neither of which could crack the £3m mark. Read more
The first Inbetweeners film saw the hit TV show transfer onto the big screen, successfully providing its core fans with another installment of the British comedy, whilst creating new ones along the way. With the first film being one of the surprise blockbusters of the 21st century, grossing £45m at the UK box office, The Inbetweeners 2 is destined for similar success.
The upcoming film follows the gang as they unite in Australia, where Will, Neil and Simon head out to join their friend Jay following his promise of sun, sea and sex in the land of Oz. Whilst the plot has remained relatively under wraps by creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, the newly released trailer has only heightened the buzz surrounding the film scheduled for release on 6 August. Read more
Created by worldwide advertising agency BBDO New York, the ad was designed to showcase the brand's product and lifestyle credentials and bring to life the quality of a Belvedere Vodka night out.
The audience profile for the campaign was 18+ Male and Female cinemagoers, with the objective of increasing brand awareness with a Silver Spot advertisement. Read more
This article was written by DCM Commercial Director Joe Evea and was supplied courtesy of The Wall Blog.
Channel 4 viewers who sat down to watch the network première of The Hunger Games recently were rewarded with exclusive footage from the upcoming Dawn of the Planet of the Apes movie. The three-minute trailer took over the whole of the first ad break before viewers were asked to take to Twitter to vote on what they’d like to see next… Read more
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