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Cineplex posts first quarterly profit since pandemic as Top Gun fuels box office boom
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Tom Cruise portraying Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in a scene from "Top Gun: Maverick." The widow and son of the man who wrote the 1983 article that inspired the original “Top Gun” are suing Paramount Pictures over its sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.” (Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures via AP)
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Did the consumer backlash against inflation start this week?
Rob Carrick
film
Cineplex adds $1.50 booking fee for online ticket purchases to ‘further invest’ in digital infrastructure
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Saving the summer movie season with Cineplex’s Ellis Jacob, king of Canada’s film industry
CEO of Cineplex, Ellis Jacob poses for a photograph on Thursday, Feb., 11, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Sobeys partners with Scotiabank and Cineplex on Scene+ loyalty program, drops Air Miles
A Sobeys grocery store is seen in Halifax on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Cineplex ‘not rushing’ to increase price of movie tickets despite first-quarter losses, CEO says
FILE PHOTO: A Cineplex movie theatre sign looms over Yonge street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Cineplex cuts quarterly loss as new movie viewing habits gain traction
A Cineplex Odeon Cinemas is shown in Oshawa on Friday Jan. 21.
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Cineplex up the ante as its legal battle with Cineworld moves to Ontario Court of Appeal
FILE PHOTO: A Cineworld in Leicester Square, London, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
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Cineworld argues judge ‘erred’ in decision to award damages to Cineplex
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Cineworld in Leicester's Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Cineplex temporarily lays off 6,000 part-time workers due to COVID-related theatre closures
A Cineplex Theatre at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. Cineplex Inc. says the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled in its favour in a breach of contract lawsuit against its former suitor and U.K. theatre operator Cineworld Group PLC. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Ontario businesses, workers ‘disappointed’ in new round of closures, capacity limits
Cineplex employee cleans seats at movie theatre in Toronto as part of health and safety protocols put in place at Cineplex movie screens, due to the continued COVID19 pandemic, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Cineworld not justified in walking away from Cineplex deal amid COVID-19 fallout, judge writes in decision
FILE PHOTO: A Cineplex movie theatre sign looms over Yonge street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Wednesday’s small-cap stocks to watch
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Cineplex gets $1.24-billion in damages over botched Cineworld deal
A Cineplex Theatre at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Cineplex theatres vandalized in apparent attempts to sabotage screenings of films in South Indian languages
A Cineplex theatre in Toronto is seen on Monday, December 16, 2019. Independent cinemas across Canada say they are being kept from screening top films like "Parasite" and "Hustlers" as they're released and they claim theatre giant Cineplex Inc. is to blame. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Cineplex banks on celebs like Simu Liu to encourage viewers back into theatres
A Cineplex Theatre at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Big screen, bigger problems: Canada’s independent movie theatres seek their own Hollywood comeback
James Brewer, left, and his daughter, Elodie Brewer, use their vaccine passports for the first time to visit East Vancouver’s Rio Theatre. They experienced one small hiccup which is that Elodie Brewer didn’t know she also needed a piece of valid government photo ID along with the BC Vaccine Card. James Brewer shared: “They accepted the picture of her passport on my phone fortunately. I guess we learned our lesson for next time.” Alia Youssef/The Globe and Mail.
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Cineworld planned to sell off Cineplex’s signage, The Rec Room business: theatre CEO
FILE PHOTO: A Cineplex movie theatre sign looms over Yonge street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Cineplex’s pandemic response was similar to prospective buyer, other retailers: CEO
Ellis Jacob, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cineplex Entertainment, poses for a photograph after the company's annual general meeting in Toronto on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Cineplex, Cineworld put forth arguments in dispute over failed takeover
FILE PHOTO: People enter a Cineworld cinema following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease near Manchester, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
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Cineplex accuses Cineworld of bad faith in day one of hearings over abortive takeover
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Trial between Cineplex and Cineworld will test buyers’ obligations when deals are derailed by disasters
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Cineplex faces another quarterly loss as movie theatres slowly reopened across Canada
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on December 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Cineplex revenue sinks as COVID-19 pandemic’s third wave keeps cinemas closed
The concession stand remains closed at a Cineplex movie theatre as cinemas in Quebec are allowed to re-open for spring break Friday, February 26, 2021 in Laval.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Torstar acquires publishing and theatre-distribution rights to Cineplex Magazine
The Toronto Star building is shown in Toronto, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Torstar Corp. has signed a deal to acquire the publishing and exclusive theatre distribution rights of Cineplex Magazine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Lima
alberta
In photos: Curtain stays down at Calgary’s Globe Cinema as COVID-19 restrictions remain
Cody Cook is photographed at The Globe Cinema in Calgary on Friday, March 26, 2021. It could take weeks for the independent theatre to reopen after the provincial government reassessed step three in easing public health restrictions. “This is the safe move, it’s the smart move to make for our province right now,” Health Minister Shandro said on Monday. “It is absolutely necessary to help us avoid a third wave that would take more lives.” (Photo by Sarah B Groot/The Globe and Mail)
u.s. business
Cineworld set to reopen in April after signing multiyear deal with Warner Bros.
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Cineworld in Leicester's Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
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Cineplex CEO confident moviegoers will return: ‘All of us have been cooped up for too long’
Movie goers sit in a theatre at a Cineplex in Toronto, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Cineplex amends creditor agreement again in bid to reduce debt during COVID-19 pandemic
Cineplex employees work at a Cineplex in Toronto, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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The Globe’s stars and dogs of 2020
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Cineplex sells Toronto head office, aims to pay debt amid COVID-19 challenges
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Dec. 16, 2019.
review
National Ballet’s streaming Nutcracker is an enjoyable stand-in for its annual holiday performance
The National Ballet of Canada, seen here performing “The Nutcracker” in 2008, is a member of the Canadian Conference of the Arts.
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Cineplex signs landmark deal with Universal, shortening time it takes movies to hit home entertainment
Cineplex employees work at a Cineplex in Toronto, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Cineplex revenue sinks 85% as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions continue to hit attendance
The new normal at the Queensway Cineplex Cinemas in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most auditoriums are restricted to 50 people or fewer with assigned seating. Stricter cleaning regime and masks and distancing rules enforced. August 18, 2020 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
screen time
Ontario movie theatre regulations put struggling sector one step forward, a hundred steps back
Barry Hertz
opinion
New York Film Festival 2020: Superb curation and digital ease in a time of chaos
James Quandt