Regal Trust Report April 2016

Regal Trust Report April 2016

Attendance figures

April 2013 1298 patrons

April 2014 1902 patrons

April 2015 1497 patrons

April 2016 639 patrons

Our worst month for patrons since our launch in September 2012.

This was partly due to a lack of live shows. This time had originally been planned as a period for remodelling the function room service block.

Film sales were particularly weak with no blockbuster in this month’s available films.  First run cinemas were reporting a strong month, but only time will tell if we will see better figures for those films or whether they will be a spent force by the time we screen them.

We have just finished booking films for our summer season, and perhaps as an indication of the fragmentation in the marketplace, this has been the most time consuming and complicated process of all the seasons we have booked so far.  The good news is our summer programme is much stronger than last years and for the first time we have been able to secure a film on a first run basis so we we be screening  Steven Spielberg’s The BFG at the same time as the big cinemas.  As an indication of the fragmentation.  The BFG  is a Spielberg production, Spielberg productions are owned by Disney, so this is a Disney Film, but we are negotiating with Entertainment One (EOne) who have the UK rights.  The trailer is being distributed by MPD via the Lansat system, how we will receive the DCP or digital package is at yet unknown.  As the different distribution platforms roll out I’m sure there will be further confusion until a dominant player emerges.