On day one at CinemaCon — the annual exhibitor convention at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas — disruptors were making rooms full of theater executives sit up and listen. “If your company has a chief data officer, raise your hand,” said one Palace ballroom moderator. Hardly any hands went up.
The theater owners ingested phrases like “conversion pixel” and “big data,” as they heard how crucial it is to collect, store and correctly interpret customer data. The disruptors at this year’s CinemaCon are not only the controversial online subscription service MoviePass (with its valuable data), but UK chain Cineworld’s hard-driving Israeli CEO, Moshe (Mooky) Greidinger, Mexico’s Cinépolis mogul Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, and South Korea’s Jeong Seo, CEO of Cj Cgv, which is building its own innovative high-tech theaters, including two in Los Angeles.
Truth is, “mature” North America won’t remain the number one box office market in the world for long.
The theater owners ingested phrases like “conversion pixel” and “big data,” as they heard how crucial it is to collect, store and correctly interpret customer data. The disruptors at this year’s CinemaCon are not only the controversial online subscription service MoviePass (with its valuable data), but UK chain Cineworld’s hard-driving Israeli CEO, Moshe (Mooky) Greidinger, Mexico’s Cinépolis mogul Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, and South Korea’s Jeong Seo, CEO of Cj Cgv, which is building its own innovative high-tech theaters, including two in Los Angeles.
Truth is, “mature” North America won’t remain the number one box office market in the world for long.
- 4/24/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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So what's The Queen's Review of 'The King's Speech'?
Two royal thumbs up.
Queen Elizabeth II of England, depicted as the young daughter of King George VI (played by Colin Firth) in the Oscar-nominated film 'The King's Speech,' received a screening about her father's struggle with public speaking and his eventual triumph in inspiring his nation in the face of a German invasion. According to producers The Weinsten Company, she was "moved" by the movie.
The film was only made following the death of her mother, The Queen Mum, who is played by Helena Bonham Carter in the film. She asked writer David Seidel to refrain from committing his screenplay to film until her passing, as it was too painful for her to watch.
Firth has won all the major film awards thus far, including the Golden Globe, for his role as King George VI,...
Two royal thumbs up.
Queen Elizabeth II of England, depicted as the young daughter of King George VI (played by Colin Firth) in the Oscar-nominated film 'The King's Speech,' received a screening about her father's struggle with public speaking and his eventual triumph in inspiring his nation in the face of a German invasion. According to producers The Weinsten Company, she was "moved" by the movie.
The film was only made following the death of her mother, The Queen Mum, who is played by Helena Bonham Carter in the film. She asked writer David Seidel to refrain from committing his screenplay to film until her passing, as it was too painful for her to watch.
Firth has won all the major film awards thus far, including the Golden Globe, for his role as King George VI,...
- 2/4/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
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