U.K.

The Boxoffice Company will help moviegoers discover new locations, new formats, and new movies as part of National Cinema Day, to be celebrated in the U.K. on Saturday, September 2. More than 630 venues — including all major U.K. cinema...

Cinema First, the industry body charged with promotion of U.K. cinemagoing, has released the findings of a survey on audience willingness to return to the movies—providing some hopeful statistics in the weeks running up to the reopening of indoor movie...

In an address to Parliament on Monday, February 22, Prime Minster Boris Johnson laid out a timeline under which cinemas—made to close throughout December and January—may be allowed to reopen. Johnson’s “road map” for reopening British businesses is laid out...

When Anthony and Teanne Andrews hosted their first screening in 2013, they had no thoughts that their one-off event—borne out of a shared love for Coming to America—would turn into an actual business. Certainly, that that business might throw them...

Cinema First, a U.K. industry body comprised of the UK Cinema Association (UKCA) and the Film Distributors’ Association (FDA), has today launched the #LoveCinema campaign, with the goal of raising awareness and enthusiasm for big-screen moviegoing. Cinemas in the U.K....

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that, starting August 8, the wearing of masks will be mandatory in movie theaters. The announcement comes the same day as Cineworld, the U.K.’s largest chain, begins reopening its theaters in England.  Cineworld,...

Pixar’s Onward topped the U.K. box office last weekend, July 17-19, for the second time in the three weekends that cinemas had been allowed to reopen. The film led on the July 3-5 frame — the first weekend U.K. cinemas could...