U.K.

The Boxoffice Company Powers National Cinema Day on Saturday, September 2, Representing 630+ Cinemas Across the U.K.

Boxoffice Staff • Aug 28th

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...

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This Week on the Boxoffice Podcast: UNIC and UKCA’s Phil Clapp on the UK’s Second Cinema Reopening

Boxoffice Staff • Jun 24th

On this episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, we break down new release changes (Hotel Transylvania: Transformania moving to October and The Beatles: Get Back abandoning theatrical entirely) and Pacific/Arclight bankruptcy news before co-host Daniel Loria dives into the week’s main...

Coronavirus

Survey: U.K. Audiences Eager to Return to the Big Screen

Boxoffice Staff • Apr 8th

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...

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U.K. Drive-Ins Could Open As Early As April 12, Indoor Cinemas Starting May 17

Rebecca Pahle • Feb 22nd

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...

Exhibition Features

For U.K.’s We Are Parable, Screenings Are More Than Just Movies

Rebecca Pahle • Oct 1st

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...

Exhibition News

#LoveCinema Campaign Urges a Return to Moviegoing in the U.K.

Boxoffice Staff • Aug 20th

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....

Coronavirus

U.K. Mandates Wearing of Face Masks in Cinemas

Rebecca Pahle • Jul 31st

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,...

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Pixar’s Onward Led U.K. Box Office Last Weekend with £49K

Boxoffice Staff • Jul 27th

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...

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