ROBERT KENNY CURZON CINEMAS LONDON UK CURZON MAYFAIR CURZON SOHO HISTORY 1934 – CURZON CINEMAS FORMED (DISTRIBUTOR) 1938 – CURZON MAYFAIR OPENED 1958 – CURZON SOHO BUILT 1984 – BECAME CURZON WEST END 1998 – CLOSED AND RE-OPENED AS THREE SCREEN CURZON SOHO (500 SEATS) 2002 – MAYFAIR REFURBISHED AS TWO SCREEN (480>400 SEATS) 2003 – SOHO CLOSED / REFURBISHED TICKET PRICE 8.50 POUNDS 11/12 EUROS 2700 FORINT ‘SPECIALISED FILM’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT BRITISH INDEPENDENT IN 2003 30% FILMS RELEASED IN UK WERE SPECIALISED 30% RELEASED 2% BOX OFFICE DISTRIBUTOR’S CUT 35% RESISTANCE TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS IN UK A COMMON LANGUAGE CULTURALLY POLITICALLY FROM AGE 14+ SECOND LANGUAGE NO LONGER COMPULSORY 1998 – CLOSED AND RE-OPENED AS 3 SCREEN CURZON SOHO (500 SEATS) 2001 – ODEON ARTHOUSE 2002 – MAYFAIR REFURBISHED AS 2 SCREEN (480>400 SEATS) 2003 SOHO CLOSED/REFURBISHED • INCREASED REPERTORY SCREENINGS • INCREASED REPERTORY SCREENINGS • SHORT FILMMAKERS / GROUPS • INCREASED REPERTORY SCREENINGS • SHORT FILMMAKERS / GROUPS • THE SUNDAY SOCIETY • INCREASED REPERTORY SCREENINGS • SHORT FILMMAKERS / GROUPS • THE SUNDAY SOCIETY • FILM FESTIVALS – LATIN AMERICAN -GERMAN - FIRECRACKER • INCREASED REPERTORY SCREENINGS • SHORT FILMMAKERS / GROUPS • THE SUNDAY SOCIETY • FILM FESTIVALS – LATIN AMERICAN - GERMAN - FIRECRACKER • BIRDS EYE VIEW THE CORPORATION MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY UK PREMIERE ‘THE TAKE’ NAOMI KLEIN AUTHOR OF ‘NO LOGO’ BIG RATTLE IN SEATTLE BOB ROBERTS / TERMINAL MAN / THE PARALLAX VIEW QUARTER MAY-AUGUST 2004 1) ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE (6) 9.94% 2) UCI GREENWICH (14) 8.71% 3) VUE FINCHLEY ROAD (8) 7.44% 13) UGC SHAFTESBURY AVENUE (7) 3.25% 18) CURZON SOHO (3) 2.03% 21) ODEON COVENT GARDEN (4) 1.92% 25) ODEON PANTON STREET (4) 0.96% 27) ODEON WARDOUR STREET (4) 0.81% 28 CURZON MAYFAIR (2) 0.79% “BEHAVE AS A MAJOR PLAYER AND PEOPLE WILL TREAT YOU LIKE A MAJOR PLAYER. BEHAVE AS A SINGLE-SITE OPERATOR AND PEOPLE WILL TREAT YOU LIKE A SINGLE-SITE OPERATOR” SMALLER CAN BE BETTER ROBERT KENNY CURZON CINEMAS LONDON UK.