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An audience at a screening of Joker  on opening weekend self-evacuated a Long Beach theater after a man was acting suspiciously. According to the Long Beach Post, police were dispatched to the Regal Edwards theater in Long Beach Towne Centre on Saturday after they received calls that there were shots coming from the…

Exhibition giant Cineworld, which acquired U.S. chain Regal Cinemas in 2018 for $3.6B, reported a decrease in half-year results this morning out of London. An anticipated drop, it hasn’t diminished CEO and veteran exhibitor Mooky Greidinger’s bright outlook for the second semester while he’s also bullish on the…

Official details are out there in plain sight for Regal Cinemas’ new Regal Unlimited Movie Ticket Subscription plan and it’s pretty much what Deadline exclusively reported earlier this month. We hear that the plan will be launching in a matter of days before the end of July. Those who wish to join must enlist via the…

EXCLUSIVE: Sources confirm to us that Regal’s new unlimited movie ticket subscription service is prepping to launch at the end of July in the U.S. Details are still being ironed out between the major studios and Regal’s parent company, Cineworld, based in London. Here’s what we know: There will be three tiers of…

EXCLUSIVE: In 2018, Mooky Greidinger's Cineworld completed its acquisition of U.S. chain Regal Cinemas, becoming the globe's second-largest exhibitor. Now a little more than a year into the $3.6B deal, Greidinger sat down with Deadline to update us on the status of operations both domestically and internationally, as…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas are sticking to their guns, and will only play those Oscar best picture nominees who had a traditional theatrical release and respected the 90-day cinema window. This morning in the wake of Netflix’s Roma earning 10 Oscar noms, leading exhibitor AMC promptly issued a statement…

Imax is expanding its next-generation projection system into multiplexes, unveiling deals at CinemaCon that will see its Imax with Laser 4K system installed in 87 AMC locations and 55 Cineworld/Regal locations in the U.S. and Europe by 2022. The large-screen exhibitor says it has now signed agreements for more than…

EXCLUSIVE: Last December, Moshe “Mooky” Greidinger’s Cineworld took over U.S. chain Regal Cinemas for $3.6 billion creating the second-largest exhibitor in the world after AMC Theatres, spanning 10 countries with 9,542 screens across the U.S. and Europe. For decades, Greidinger, 64, has been revered by the major…

UPDATED, 2:30 PM: 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2 is breaking more advance-ticket sales records. Fandango now is reporting that Deadpool 2 is already pacing to be the top R-rated preseller in its 18-year history, outstripping 2015’s Fifty Shades of Grey. That’s big, considering that Fandango covers sales for more than…

Cineworld shareholders have approved the UK exhibition chain's $3.6B deal to acquire Regal Cinemas, the circuit controlled by Philip Anschutz. The mega-merger will create the world's second largest cinema group after AMC, operating in 10 countries with 9,542 screens across the U.S. and Europe. Cineworld, which is part…

In a move that was presaged last week, UK exhibition chain Cineworld is to acquire Regal Cinemas, the circuit controlled by Philip Anschutz. The $3.6B deal will create the world's second largest cinema group after AMC, operating in 10 countries with 9,542 screens across the U.S. and Europe. Shares in Cineworld dipped…

UPDATED with Regal statement: Shares in Regal Cinemas, the major exhibition circuit controlled by Philip Anschutz, spiked more than 10% this afternoon with the company confirming it is being pursued by UK theatre chain Cineworld. Reuters had the initial report on the discussions. Late this afternoon, Regal put out a…