One Direction concert film grossed $15m over one weekend.
The Event Cinema Association (Eca) has handed its gold award to distributor Arts Alliance for its release of One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film.
The announcement was made at the Eca Conference at the Picturehouse Central cinema in London today during the Eca Awards.
The film, centred on a performance by the boy band in Milan, became the highest grossing concert film in the event cinema sector when released on Oct 11, 2014, grossing $15m worldwide in a single weekend.
Ross Fitzsimons, head of sales and marketing for UK distributor Arts Alliance, which released the film, said: “We always knew the fan base with 1D would lead to a successful release but even we were surprised just how well attended it was. It just goes to show the power of event cinema, that when the right elements are in place, the sky really...
The Event Cinema Association (Eca) has handed its gold award to distributor Arts Alliance for its release of One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film.
The announcement was made at the Eca Conference at the Picturehouse Central cinema in London today during the Eca Awards.
The film, centred on a performance by the boy band in Milan, became the highest grossing concert film in the event cinema sector when released on Oct 11, 2014, grossing $15m worldwide in a single weekend.
Ross Fitzsimons, head of sales and marketing for UK distributor Arts Alliance, which released the film, said: “We always knew the fan base with 1D would lead to a successful release but even we were surprised just how well attended it was. It just goes to show the power of event cinema, that when the right elements are in place, the sky really...
- 10/19/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
One Direction concert film grossed $15m over one weekend.
The Event Cinema Association (Eca) has handed its gold award to One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film.
The announcement was made at the Eca Conference at the Picturehouse Central cinema in London today during the Eca Awards.
The film, centred on a performance by the boy band in Milan, became the highest grossing concert film in the event cinema sector when released on Oct 11, 2014, grossing $15m worldwide in a single weekend.
Ross Fitzsimons, head of sales and marketing for UK distributor Arts Alliance, which released the film, said: “We always knew the fan base with 1D would lead to a successful release but even we were surprised just how well attended it was. It just goes to show the power of event cinema, that when the right elements are in place, the sky really is the limit.”
The Awards are separated into two sections: the Box...
The Event Cinema Association (Eca) has handed its gold award to One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film.
The announcement was made at the Eca Conference at the Picturehouse Central cinema in London today during the Eca Awards.
The film, centred on a performance by the boy band in Milan, became the highest grossing concert film in the event cinema sector when released on Oct 11, 2014, grossing $15m worldwide in a single weekend.
Ross Fitzsimons, head of sales and marketing for UK distributor Arts Alliance, which released the film, said: “We always knew the fan base with 1D would lead to a successful release but even we were surprised just how well attended it was. It just goes to show the power of event cinema, that when the right elements are in place, the sky really is the limit.”
The Awards are separated into two sections: the Box...
- 10/19/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Maastricht Concert takes more than £1m in one night for CinemaLive.
André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert has broken single night and lifetime box office records for a music concert in the UK after taking more than £1m on Saturday night.
The CinemaLive-distributed event is the first music concert to take more than £1m at the UK box office on a single day, grossing £1,022,989 [source: Rentrak] on Saturday night, when it was the third-highest grossing film behind Ant-Man and Minions.
The event also screened at an additional 54 cinemas on Sunday, taking the current UK box office gross to £1,078,348, a lifetime record for a music concert.
The film surpassed the previous one day and lifetime records set by Take That Live in June and One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film.
A combined 150,000 people paid to see the film in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Denmark, where the film also broke records.
The concert...
André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert has broken single night and lifetime box office records for a music concert in the UK after taking more than £1m on Saturday night.
The CinemaLive-distributed event is the first music concert to take more than £1m at the UK box office on a single day, grossing £1,022,989 [source: Rentrak] on Saturday night, when it was the third-highest grossing film behind Ant-Man and Minions.
The event also screened at an additional 54 cinemas on Sunday, taking the current UK box office gross to £1,078,348, a lifetime record for a music concert.
The film surpassed the previous one day and lifetime records set by Take That Live in June and One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film.
A combined 150,000 people paid to see the film in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Denmark, where the film also broke records.
The concert...
- 7/20/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
New report reveals the growing sector was worth nearly $300m in 2014.
Event cinema has recorded a 35.2% boost in revenues in the past two years, according to a new report into the sector by Ihs Technology.
The total revenue of the sector reached nearly $300m in 2014. Event cinema is forecast to generate $1bn by 2019.
The figures are revealed in the second edition of the Event Cinema in European Cinemas report, the first of which was released in 2013.
It focuses on event cinema data collected by Rentrak for the first time, and examines the growth of this exhibition sector across several key markets: France, Italy, Netherlands, UK & Ireland, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.
Initiated by the Eca (Event Cinema Association) in 2013, the first report examined the growth of the sector using data collected from Eca members themselves.
Since then, event cinema hits include Universal’s Billy Elliot The Musical - Live, which became the first UK box-office number one for...
Event cinema has recorded a 35.2% boost in revenues in the past two years, according to a new report into the sector by Ihs Technology.
The total revenue of the sector reached nearly $300m in 2014. Event cinema is forecast to generate $1bn by 2019.
The figures are revealed in the second edition of the Event Cinema in European Cinemas report, the first of which was released in 2013.
It focuses on event cinema data collected by Rentrak for the first time, and examines the growth of this exhibition sector across several key markets: France, Italy, Netherlands, UK & Ireland, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.
Initiated by the Eca (Event Cinema Association) in 2013, the first report examined the growth of the sector using data collected from Eca members themselves.
Since then, event cinema hits include Universal’s Billy Elliot The Musical - Live, which became the first UK box-office number one for...
- 7/1/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Want to know what British films are coming out this month? Then look no further than our fabulous movie calendar...
Welcome to our new, regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
12 September 2014
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Andrew Scott
Details: A drama about a group of gay and lesbian activists donating to people in need during the 1984 miners' strike.
Jack To A King - The Swansea Story
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Tbc
Details: A documentary about Swansea football fans.
19 September 2014
Night Will Fall
Director: Andre Singer
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein
Details: A documentary...
Welcome to our new, regularly updated calendar of all the British movies due for release in UK cinemas over the coming months. So if you're keen to keep up-to-date on the latest in home grown cinema - from documentaries to dramas, and comedy horror to science fiction - this is the ideal post for you.
So here's what's coming up in the future.
12 September 2014
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Andrew Scott
Details: A drama about a group of gay and lesbian activists donating to people in need during the 1984 miners' strike.
Jack To A King - The Swansea Story
Director: Marc Evans
Cast: Tbc
Details: A documentary about Swansea football fans.
19 September 2014
Night Will Fall
Director: Andre Singer
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein
Details: A documentary...
- 9/12/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
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