The Australian cinema market continues its resurgence in 2025, with box office revenue up nearly 8% year-on-year. Leading that resurgence is HOYTS Cinemas, delivering double-digit growth and strengthening its position as the country’s number one cinema circuit.
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Ado SPECIAL LIVE “Shinzou” Coming to Cinemas
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Screen Inc are thrilled to announce the cinema release of Ado SPECIAL LIVE “Shinzou” in Cinema, across Australia and New Zealand from May 9th. Tickets are on sale now in select cinemas. Attracting 140,000 fans over two days (April 27–28, 2024), “Shinzou” was a legendary performance that established Ado the first solo female artist to…
Palace Penny Lane Cinema Rooftop
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Cinema attendance Up but Down on Pre-Pandemic Levels
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According to Roy Morgan research Cinema attendance in Australia increased during the final quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago but was still at less than half of pre-pandemic levels in the final quarter of 2019. “Australia’s cinemas have been amongst the hardest hit businesses by the COVID-19 pandemic with attendance plummeting during the…
Interview with Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola
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A big thank you to Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola for taking the time for the interview. What can cinema going audiences expect from Pentridge Cinema? Are, there any new movie going experiences exclusive to Pentridge Cinema? With pandemic was the opening of the new cinema ever in doubt? At Pentridge Cinema, you can expect…
Palace Cinemas Pentridge to open in December
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Melbourne’s historic Pentridge prison site is set to become the latest home for movie lovers from December 2020. Palace Cinemas, Australia’s largest independent cinema group, will open Melbourne’s newest cinema – Pentridge Cinema – just in time for Christmas. The 15-screen cinema complex will be located within the Pentridge development in Coburg, a site that…
Natalie Krinsky’s The Broken Hearts Gallery Headed to Cinemas
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Sony Pictures will roll out the first major studio wide release of the summer beginning July 10 — in theaters only — as cinemas in the U.S. begin to safely reopen. In a competitive situation, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films acquired worldwide rights to writer/director Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut, The Broken Hearts Gallery,…
Mov’in Bed Founder and Director Vincent Hernandez Interview
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A Big thank you to Mov’in Bed Founder and Director Vincent Hernandez for taking the time for an interview For More About Mov’in Bed
Village Cinemas Opens Concept Only Cinema at Plenty Valley
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Village Cinemas has today opened their first concept only cinema. The first cinema of its kind in Australia will see only experience-based movie theatres on offer. Without the presence of traditional theatres, the cinemas that will be introduced will boast a full selction of Village concept cinemas including; Vjunior, Vpremium, Vmax and Gold Class. Kirk…
20 Years of Gold Class
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This year marks 20 years of Village Cinemas’ luxury theatre, Gold Class. The experience first launched at Crown Melbourne in 1997 and was the first of its kind in the world. In the 20 years since, the cinema has inspired international expansion, led the way in Australian cinema innovation, hosted an array of celebrities and…

