Gower Street has once again seen a lot of media exposure throughout September. CEO Dimitrios Mitsinikos took part in a Live Lounge session at the annual UK Distributor Slate Days, which was picked up by Screendaily; Chief Analyst, Theatrical Insights Thomas Beranek and Senior Box Office Analyst Delphine Lievens were both interviewed for articles, in S&P Global and the UK’s Guardian newspaper respectively. Delphine’s interview was also quoted in Digital Spy.
There was continued focus on China’s recovery with Gower Street research and reporting discussed in The Hollywood Reporter and on CNN Business. Further publications in China, Hong Kong, Spain and Italy, as well as other outlets across the US, also picked this up.
Other coverage, mostly referencing the global cinema recovery and global box office tracking estimates featured in our Road To Recovery reports and in our online articles, has appeared in Variety and other publications in the US, UK, Spain and Brazil. Many of these focused on our Sept. 7 article on August’s $1bn global box office.
Outside of the print media articles listed below, our Director of Theatrical Insights, Rob Mitchell, also took part in Celluloid Junkie’s #CJCinemaSummit on Sept. 3 and the Showbiz Sandbox podcast #509 (published Sept. 8). Among a number of subjects he discussed how Gower Street developed its recovery measures, the Blueprint To Recovery; TENET-fueled recovery; the success of China and how other markets have progressed on their own roads to recovery; and how Gower Street worked with the producers of Spanish hit FATHER THERE IS ONLY ONE 2 on their release planning.
Here we collect all the articles together: interviews, profiles, and mentions.
September 24
“Peckhamplex closes temporarily as UK indie cinemas struggle with lack of big releases” by Michael Rosser
Published in: Screendaily
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street CEO Dimitrios Mitsinikos’ prediction that UK box office would be 60% behind 2019 and admissions at their lowest since the mid-1980s, from the previous day’s UK Distributor Slate Days presentation (see below).
September 23
“£650m UK-Ireland box-office deficit due to blockbuster absence, say distribution experts” by Geoffrey Macnab
Published in: Screendaily
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street CEO Dimitrios Mitsinikos’ presentation and participation in the UK Distributor Slate Days Live Lounge session on box office trends and prospects. Includes extensive quotes from the panel session.
“A movie based on Harry Styles fanfic is one of the box-office hits of the year” by Ian Sandwell
Published in: Digital Spy
Coverage: Discusses the success of AFTER WE COLLIDED and quotes from Senior Box Office Analyst Delphine Lievens’ Guardian interview (Sept. 18) on the same subject (see below).
“These Are Dark Days For Cinematic Box Office” by Ian Courtney
Published in: Celebrity Access (US)
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s Global Box Office Tracker, our reports on global box office totals to the end of July and that August had generated $1 billion in worldwide box office.
“Box Office plummets by 92% as global industry drops to $6.4bn” by LLB Finance Reporter
Published in: London Loves Business (UK)
Coverage: Discusses the same Global Box Office Tracker as the above.
September 18
“After We Collided: does this shock hit point the way to cinema’s future?” by Elle Hunt*
Published in: The Guardian (UK)
Coverage: Interview with Senior Box Office Analyst Delphine Lievens about the UK-success of AFTER WE COLLIDED.
Additionally referenced by Lucy Jones, executive director UK & Ireland at Comscore Movies, during UK Distributor Slate Days’ Live Lounge session (Sept. 23).
“Further film delays leave US theater owners ‘high and dry’ – analysts” by Joseph Williams
Published in: S&P Global Market Intelligence
Coverage: Gower Street’s Chief Analyst Thomas Beranek interviewed about the current importance of holdover business in the Domestic market.
“Festival De Volta Para o Cinema | 13 cidades recebem o festival com filmes nostálgicos e blockbusters” (literal: “Back to the Cinema Festival: 13 Cities host the festival with nostalgic films and blockbusters”) by Danilo de Oliveira
Published in: Cinesia Geek (Brazil)
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s Global Growth Tracker showing “almost 70% of movie theaters open” worldwide.
September 13
“‘Mulan’ has a lackluster box office debut in China” by Frank Pallotta
Published in: CNN Business
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s analysis of China’s recovery.
Additionally picked-up by: Just Viral News (US), Erie News Now (Pennsylvania), World Journal (China), Il Bosone (Italy)
September 9
“‘After’ y ‘Tenet’ alegran la taquilla de las salas de cine” (literal: “‘After’ and ‘Tenet’ brighten the box office of movie theaters”) (no byline)
Published in: Cine & Tele (Spain)
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s Global Box Office Tracker and our report that August had generated $1 billion in worldwide box office.
September 8
“¿Cuánto debe recaudar Mulán para no ser un fracaso?” (literal: “How much should Mulan gross in order not to be a failure”) by Juan Jesus Botias
Published in: La Casa De El (Spain)
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s announcement of China becoming the first market to hit the various benchmarks of our Blueprint To Recovery.
September 5
“Indie Uprising: How Independent Film Is Getting Going Again” by Tim Dams
Published in: Variety
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s global growth tracker data.
“When do the cinemas in Campinas return?” by Marcos Craveiro
Published in: Campinas.com (Brazil)
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s global growth tracker data.
September 4
“Hollywood needs a blockbuster hit in China. ‘Tenet’ could be it” by Jill Disis, Michelle Toh and David Culver
Published in: CNN Business
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s report into China’s recovery.
Additionally picked-up by: Fox 40 WICZ-TV (New York, Pennsylvania), Apple Daily (Hong Kong)
“To be a success, ‘Mulan’ may have to conquer the world” by Frank Pallotta and Brian Lowry
Published in: CNN Business
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s announcement of China becoming the first market to hit the various benchmarks of our Blueprint To Recovery.
Additionally picked-up by: KTEN (Oklahoma), 95sx (South Carolina), Sina (China)
September 3
“Will China Box Office Surpass North America This Year?” by Patrick Brzeski
Published in: The Hollywood Reporter
Coverage: Discusses Gower Street’s Blueprint To Recovery and refers back to our (Aug. 27) announcement of China becoming the first market to hit Stage 5.
Additionally picked-up by: Sohu (China)
*Article previously featured as stand-alone Media piece on https://gower.st/articles
