After years of disruption, the global entertainment market is entering a period of recalibration according to Futuresource Consulting. The Living with Digital consumer research shows that audiences are rediscovering the cinema experience while maintaining healthy engagement with digital formats. Rather than competing, the two are now feeding into one another, and that’s a clear sign […]

Giant cinema screen specialist IMAX reported its best-ever Q3 numbers, outperforming market expectations. IMAX achieved double-digit revenue growth, record-setting box office, and profits that left analysts impressed. The company pulled in $106.7 million (€91.7m) in Q3 revenue, a 16.6 per cent rise from last year that easily topped expectations. Operating cash flow hit a record […]

To mark the launch of Roku’s Stream & Scream Collection, presented by The Hershey Company favorites Reese’s and Kit Kat, Roku has shared data on Halloween viewing across the US. Sinners, the recent box office sensation that is back in IMAX cinemas for Halloween, is currently the most-searched title this Halloween season across eight US […]

Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films will premiere on November 7th exclusively on Disney+. The two-part documentary from 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment, which provides a fascinating glimpse into the making of the Oscar-winning box office phenomenon Avatar: The Way of Water and a first look at the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash, […]

Following the success of Channel 4 and Universal Pictures Content Group’s adaptation of Judith Kerr’s classic picture book Mog’s Christmas (HarperCollins Children’s Books) in 2023, Lupus Films has announced that Channel 4 has commissioned a seasonal special based on Kerr’s picture book Mog’s Bad Thing (1 x 24’).  Lupus Films has additionally announced that it […]

Crunchyroll, Aniplex and Sony Pictures’ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle delivered a £3.4 million (€3.9m) box office in its opening weekend, breaking the record for highest earning for an anime film in the UK & Ireland. The film opened on September 12th across nearly 500 screens with an average of £7,000 per screen […]

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has launched a 3D Anamorphic ident in Cineworld theatres across the UK, created as a part of the brand’s ongoing sponsorship of Thrill Seekers at Cineworld. Cinemagoers will experience the illusion of a 3D fighter jet soaring out of the screen overhead during the RAF production, all without the need […]

The UK video entertainment market is holding its course, with total consumer spend expected to rise 2 per cent in 2025 to £11.4 billion (€13.1bn) according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest Video Insights UK report, which highlights SVoD as the powerhouse of growth, alongside a stronger year for box office and signs of stabilisation in transactional […]

BBC Studios and Walt Disney Studios, in partnership with Ludo Studio, have announced that the feature-length Bluey movie will be released in cinemas on August 6th 2027. Written and directed by Bluey creator Joe Brumm and produced by Ludo Studio in collaboration with BBC Studios, the CG-animated feature is produced by Amber Naismith (Happy Feet, The Lego […]

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), in partnership with Universal Pictures, has announced the launch of the latest Create the Card Competition, celebrating the return to Oz in Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good, debuting UK cinemas on November 21st – which sees Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo return to screens as Glinda and Elphaba […]