Reading International reports strong 2024 Holiday Box Office Results
23 January 2025 - 1:00AM
Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDI) (“Reading” or our
“Company”), an internationally diversified cinema and real estate
company with operations and assets in the United States, Australia,
and New Zealand, today announced that its global cinema operations
achieved several box office records over the November and December
2024 holiday period driven by the release of a variety of Hollywood
blockbusters, including Wicked, Moana 2, Gladiator II, Mufasa: The
Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Our Company’s specialty
theaters, trading under the Angelika brand, likewise enjoyed a
strong box office from award winning movies like The Brutalist,
Anora, The Room Next Door, Queer and A Real Pain.
Our Company’s Australian circuit, trading under
the Reading Cinemas (www.ReadingCinemas.com.au) and Angelika
(www.AngelikaCinemas.com.au) brands set Box Office Revenue records
for both November and December:
- December 2024 was the highest
December Box Office result ever, eclipsing the previous record set
in December 2019.
- November 2024 was the highest
November Box Office result ever.
Reading Cinemas in New Zealand
(www.ReadingCinemas.co.nz) captured the following Box Office
milestones:
- December 2024 was the highest
December Box Office since the pandemic.
- November 2024 was the highest
November Box Office since the pandemic.
In the United States, despite our closing of
several unprofitable cinemas (eight theaters comprising 52 screens)
since January 2019, the Box Office of our Company’s Reading Cinema
(www.ReadingCinemas.com), Consolidated Theatre
(www.ConsolidatedTheatres.com) and Angelika
(www.AngelikaFilmCenter.com) brands achieved the following revenue
milestones:
- December 2024 was the highest
December Box Office since the pandemic.
- November 2024 was the highest
November Box Office since the pandemic.
In Australia, our Company has launched a new
Loyalty Program, Reading Rewards, which provides customers the
opportunity to earn and redeem points for a range of Ticket and
Food & Beverage items. In addition, for AUS$20 a year,
customers can upgrade their membership to a Boost tier – offering
15% off Tickets and 10% off Food and Beverage, along with double
points and access to Boost member exclusive promotions.
More information on Reading Rewards can be found
at www.readingrewards.com.au.
About Reading International,
Inc.
Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDI), an
internationally diversified cinema and real estate company
operating through various domestic and international subsidiaries,
is a leading entertainment and real estate company, engaging in the
development, ownership, and operation of cinemas and retail and
commercial real estate in the United States, Australia, and New
Zealand.
Reading’s cinema subsidiaries operate under
multiple cinema brands: Reading Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres and
the Angelika brand. Its live theatres are owned and operated by its
Liberty Theaters subsidiary, under the Orpheum and Minetta Lane
names. Its signature property developments, including Newmarket
Village in Brisbane, Australia, and 44 Union Square in New York
City, are maintained in special purpose entities.
Additional information about Reading can be
obtained from our Company's website: www.readingrdi.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains a variety of
forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including those related to (i) our expectations
about the box office and revenues of our global cinema divisions
and (ii) our loyalty program in Australia. You can recognize these
statements by our use of words, such as “may,” “will,” “expect,”
“believe,” “intend” and “anticipate” or other similar
terminology.
Given the variety and unpredictability of the
factors that will ultimately influence our businesses and our
results of operation, no guarantees can be given that any of our
forward-looking statements will ultimately prove to be correct.
Actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statements and there is no guarantee as to how our
securities will perform either when considered in isolation or when
compared to other securities or investment opportunities.
Forward-looking statements made by us in this
release are based only on information currently available to us and
speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no
obligation to publicly update or to revise any of our
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be required under
applicable law. Accordingly, you should always note the date to
which our forward-looking statements speak.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the
future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and
changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of
which are outside of our control. Therefore, you should not rely on
any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that
could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ
materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements
include, among others, those factors discussed throughout Part I,
Item 1A – Risk Factors – and Part II Item 7 – Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations – of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most
recently ended fiscal year, as well as the risk factors set forth
in any other filings made under the Securities Act of 1934, as
amended, including any of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, for
more information.
For more information, contact:Gilbert Avanes –
EVP, CFO, and TreasurerAndrzej Matyczynski – EVP Global
Operations(213) 235-2240
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