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Beleaguered cinema exhibitors, increasingly concerned about the growth potential in overcrowded Western markets, could benefit by expanding into the world s nascent cinema markets such as Africa and the Middle East. Cinemagoing Africa
stanley italy Middle East, a new report from film industry analysts Dodona Research, predicts that while screen count in many of the region s territories is low, admissions in the six most developed cinema markets will rise 40% by 2005 - reaching 127m.Currently, almost all of the multiplexes i
stanley cup n Africa and the Middle East are concentrated in Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt and South Africa. The next, modernising phase of the cinema market in the region has, with the exception of a handful of countries, barely begun, says Dodona s Karsten-Peter Grummitt.The report goes on to predict fast growth in the under-screened Egyptian, Turkish and Lebanese markets, and suggests that some attendance growth could start to return to South Africa over the next two years. Audience levels in the country have fallen drastically because of political and economic instability - from 30m admissions in 1995 to 21m last year. There are also smaller scale opportunities to introduce modern cinemas in the capitals and major cities of many African countries. The company with the largest presence in the region -
stanley cup and one of the few operating across borders - is South African company Ster Kinekor, with sites in South Africa, Zimbabwe and others under construction across the Middle E Ysff French hit Ch tis to run at London s Cine Lumiere
Annual statistics released by the Motion Picture Association Of America MPAA confirm China as the second biggest market outside North America behind Japan and reveal that the record $22.4bn international gross accounted for 69% of worldwide revenues.North American admissions dropped 4% to 1.28bn and the average ticket price increased by 1% from $7.89 to $7.93. Box office in North America fell 4% from $10.6bn in 2010 to $10.2bn and 3D box office dropped by 18% from $2.2bn to $1.8bn.Heading into what is expected to be a blockbuster summer MPAA and National Association Of Theatre Owners NATO personnel will be enc
stanley kubek ouraged by the start to this year, which so far is tracking 14% ahead of the comparable period of 2010 driven by the $121.6m success of The Vow pictured , among others.North American 3D box office fell $400m in 2011, hardly surprising given the juggernaut perf
stanley cup ormance of Avatar in early 2010. These numbers underscore the impact of movies on the global economy and the vitality of the film-watching experience around the world, MPAA chairman and CEO Chris Dodd said. The bottom line is clear: people in all countries still go to the movies and a trip to the local cinema remains one of the most affordable enter
stanley cup tainment options for consumers. Innovation and technology continue to be a driving force for our business, Dodd continued. People are driven to fill theatre seats by the promise of great films and a great, technologically enhanced movie-going experience. But onli
