Horizontal integration in the cinema industry as Cineworld buys Regal to establish the second biggest cinema operator globally. It is a sizeable bet given increasing competition from online streaming businesses such as Amazon and Netflix. The deal will give the combined group more than 9,500 screens and make it the world’s second largest cinema chain by number of screens behind US-run AMC Theatres
3. MARKET SHARE IN THE UK CINEMA INDUSTRY
BUSINESS GROWTH and MARKET STRUCTURE
Leading cinema exhibitor chains in 2016, ranked by market share based on revenue
25.4%
24.3%
20.4%
5.6%
2.3%
2.2%
19.9%
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0%
Cineworld
Odeon
Vue
National Amusements
Picturehouse (Cineworld)
Empire Cinemas
Others
Theater market share
Exhibitor
4. MAIN CINEMA BUSINESSES BY NUMBER OF SCREENS
BUSINESS GROWTH and MARKET STRUCTURE
Cinema exhibitors ranked by number of cinema screens in the United Kingdom in 2016
954
887
798
274
124
104
72
62
51
43
43
39
36
26
22
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Cineworld
Odeon
Vue
National Amusements
Empire Cinemas
Omniplex
Picturehouse (Cineworld)
Reel Cinemas
Everyman Media Group
Light Cinemas
Merlin Cinemas
Movie House Cinemas
Curzon Cinemas
Irish Multiplex Cinemas
PDJ Cinemas
Screens
5. AVERAGE UK CINEMA TICKET PRICES
BUSINESS GROWTH and MARKET STRUCTURE
Average annual cinema ticket price in the UK from 2000 to 2016 (in £s)
4.4
4.14 4.29 4.44 4.49
4.71 4.87 5.05 5.2
5.44
5.95 6.06
6.37 6.53
6.72
7.21
7.41
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
PriceinGBP
6. AGE DISTRIBUTION OF CINEMA GOERS IN THE UK
BUSINESS GROWTH and MARKET STRUCTURE
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Shareofcinema-goers
7-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45+ 45-54 55+
7. LEADING DIGITAL FILM SERVICES
BUSINESS GROWTH and MARKET STRUCTURE
50%
37%
32%
14%
10%
9%
9%
8%
8%
7%
7%
6%
5%
5%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0%
Netflix
YouTube
Amazon Amazon mp3 Kindle
Sky Go
Putlocker
Google (Serach Engine)
Kodi
Now TV
Facebook
TV Catchup
iTunes App Store ibookstore Apple Store
Virgin media
Google Play Android Marketplace
uTorrent
Share of respondents
Which sites or services have you used in the past three months to stream/access, or share films
through the internet?
8. THE RISE OF NETFLIX
BUSINESS GROWTH and MARKET STRUCTURE
9. AGE PROFILE OF NETFLIX USERS IN THE UK FROM 2015-2016
BUSINESS GROWTH and MARKET STRUCTURE
44%
54%
58%
39%
46%
51%
26%
35% 35%
15%
25%
29%
6%
8%
13%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
2015 W1 2016 H1 2016 H2
Shareofrespondents
Age group
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55+
Horizontal integration in the cinema industry as Cineworld buys Regal to establish the second biggest cinema operator globally. It is a sizeable bet given increasing competition from online streaming businesses such as Amazon and Netflix. The deal will give the combined group more than 9,500 screens and make it the world’s second largest cinema chain by number of screens behind US-run AMC Theatres
In 2016, Cineworld, Odeon and Vue, the leading three chains, accounted for 70.1 percent of the exhibitor market combined. Cineworld had the largest market share at 25.4 percent. Cineworld operations include 221 cinema cites across nine European markets. In the UK, the cinema company also runs an arthouse cinema chain under the name Picturehouse Cinemas as well
AMC owns the Odeon chain in the UK — Odeon it was acquired by Wanda for $2.6bn in 2012.
This statistic shows the age distribution among cinema-goers in the United Kingdom from 2003 to 2016.
In 2016, 29 percent of cinema-goers in the United Kingdom were aged between 15 and 24
The share of older cinema visitors is rising – in 2016, 12 per cent of all tickets were bought by people over the age of 55 – the silver pound!
This statistic displays a ranking of leading digital film services by usage in the United Kingdom as of May 2017.
Netflix ranked first, with 50 percent reporting having used the service in the three months previous
Netflix's strategy to invest heavily in content, both original and licensed, continues to pay off. The streaming giant added 5.3 million subscribers between June 30 and September 30, bringing its total subscriber base to nearly 110 million.
Responding to the competitive threat
Many cinemas are diversifying out of purely screening films to the conference industry and arenas for people to watch (and perhaps participate) in e-sports.