The winners have been crowned at The Event Cinema Association’s Box Office Awards, as part of their 5th annual conference. Held at the Vue West End in London’s Leicester Square today (7 Feb), the Awards recognise the effort and achievements of the ECA’s global membership.There are three tiers to the awards, which are open to ECA distributor members: bronze for 100,000 admissions, silver for 250,000 and gold for 500,000.Pokémon The Movie – I Choose You! was the sole winner in the top category for the UK’s Trafalgar Releasing. Other winners included Exhibition on Screen (UK), Nexo (Italy), Pathé Live (France) and Piece of Magic Entertainment (Netherlands).Trafalgar Releasing won two awards in all, also picking up a silver prize for David Gilmour Live At Pompeii.The Awards for Excellence, recognising the best exhibitors and outstanding contribution categories, have previously taken place at the same time but for 2018 will … [Read more...] about ‘David Gilmour Live At Pompeii’ among winners at Event Cinema Association awards
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Event cinema close to saturation in the UK, but international opportunity remains, say ECA panel
Event cinema may be reaching a saturation point in the UK, but there are large-scale growth opportunities internationally, according to a panel at today’s Event Cinema Association (ECA) conference in London.The medium grew 6% year-on-year in 2017, a significant decline in growth from recent years, while only one release from the year broke into the all-time top 10 event cinema releases in the UK and Ireland. That was mainstay Andre Rieu’s latest concert release, Andre Summer, which grossed £1.52m, less than half of the record-setting totals from the National Theatre’s Hamlet and War Horse releases.Karen Liu, who manages the programming of event cinema titles at Odeon UK, said that the industry “needs some bigger titles coming through”. Her company is looking at more “big ticket events which money can’t buy,” she said, using the examples of concerts or family musicals (such as The Lion King) that are playing sold out runs, creating an … [Read more...] about Event cinema close to saturation in the UK, but international opportunity remains, say ECA panel