The Media industry took a bashing in the recession, but the revival has begun, writes Nicola Clark.
“Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has made the most of a stellar year for the medium. The company has done a great job in demonstrating its benefits to advertisers, not least by building on the advent of 3D cinema technology, which has created a genuinely new platform. DCM’s championing of the medium – led by its energetic managing director Martin Bowley - has ensured that brands such as Cadbury, BBC, Wrigley, Sky and Panasonic have brought into its year.” Read more
This weeks film schedule updates:
True Grit has moved from 14-Jan 2011 to 11-Feb 2011 Read more
Low-budget sci-fi flick Skyline grossed a respectable £1.21m across 381 screens last weekend. The film about an alien invasion, directed by visual effects whizzes Colin and Greg Srause, stars Six Feet Under star Eric Balfour.
Due Date, starring Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis held onto the top spot at the UK Box Office last weekend, taking £1.9m. Since release date two weeks ago, the film has grossed an impressive £5.8m. Read more
This weeks film schedule updates:
Drive Angry 3D has moved from 18-Feb 2011 to 25-Feb 2011 Read more
Due Date, starring Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis topped the Box Office last weekend, grossing £2.3m. The comedy, directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), follows the comic attempts made by Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr) to travel to LA to see the birth of his firstborn. Hangover star Zach Galifianakis plays the stranger who offers him a lift cross-country, which turns into the most terrifying drive of Highman's life.
Last weekend saw Box Office gross increase in the US by an impressive 30% compared to the same weekend last year with the release of Megamind, Due Date and For Colored Girls. Dreamworks animation Megamind, voiced by Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt, took the top spot grossing $46m. Read more
This weeks film schedule updates:
Black Swan has moved from 11-Feb 2011 to 21-Jan 2011 Read more
Halloween weekend attracted thousands to the cinema to watch the last in one of the most successful horror franchises in history - Saw. Saw 3D (or Saw VII for those that saw it in 2D) offered fans the chance to discover the answers to all the questions posed by previous Saw films, only this time in eye-popping 3D.
Saw 3D hit the top spot, grossing an impressive £3.6m in its opening weekend. This is the best opening result of any of the Saw films. Read more
Suburban terror gripped the Box Office over the weekend as Paranormal Activity 2 went straight to No. 1. The sequel, about a young couple coping with a potentially evil spirit in their home, made £3.8 m in the UK in its debut weekend. This beats the first instalment of the low-budget horror which grossed £3.6m last year.
In the US, the film also dominated the weekend business, knocking Jackass 3D from the top spot and grossing a massive $41.5m. This is the highest grossing opening weekend of all time for a supernatural horror movie, beating The Grudge's $39.1m in 2004. Read more
This weeks film schedule updates:
N.E.D.S has moved from 07-Jan 2011 to 21-Jan 2011 Read more
Universal Pictures' new 3D animated comedy film 'Despicable Me', voiced by Steve Carell, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews, has helped a new ad for BT Infinity deliver one million impacts in the film's first weekend, according to figures from DCM.
The ad features long-running BT characters Adam and Jane, acted by former 'My Family' star Kris Marshall and former 'Queer as Folk' actress Esther Hall, and extends their series of over 40 ads for the enduring campaign. Read more
Animated comedy Despicable Me, voiced by Steve Carell, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews, took the top spot in the UK Box Office over the weekend taking £3.6m in ticket sales. The first 3D animated movie from Universal Pictures follows Gru, a bumbling villain with plans to steal the moon until three orphan girls enter his life.
The Social Network, which tells the story of how Facebook began, took second place with takings of £2.5m over 394 screens in the UK. Read more
This weeks film schedule updates:
Season of the Witch has moved from TBA 2010 to 14-Jan 2011 Read more
