Ster-Kinekor's new Rosebank IMAX gets a launch date
Ster-Kinekor will launch its first Imax with Laser cinema in Gauteng at The Zone @ Rosebank on Friday, 10 April 2026.
The cinema chain said the new theatre will ensure that movie fans get to feel the full scale and emotion of a film...
Project Hail Mary a hit at the Box Office
Project Hail Mary, from Amazon.com’s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, was the No. 1 film at the US and Canadian box office this weekend with $80.5 million worth of tickets, scoring the highest-grossing debut of any movie this year.
The film’s performance in...
New Ster-Kinekor Imax theatre in Gauteng
Ster-Kinekor is installing a new Imax theatre at The Zone @ Rosebank in Johannesburg, which will become its premium cinema site in Gauteng.
Imax theatres provide a superior movie-viewing experience compared to most conventional cinema screens, with...
Nu Metro announces launch date for new Cavendish Square cinema
Nu Metro will open a new cinema at Cavendish Square in Cape Town on Monday, 15 December 2025, following the takeover of the cinema complex from Ster-Kinekor.
Ster-Kinekor closed its movie theatres at the mall in Claremont on 12...
Netflix's Kpop Demon Hunters a rare cinema hit
KPop Demon Hunters, an animated musical released by Netflix Inc., topped the US and Canadian box office during its two-day theatrical debut, a rare win at theatres for the streaming giant, which usually avoids chasing box office revenue for its...
Ster-Kinekor reduces retrenchments and cinema closures
Ster-Kinekor completed its Section 189 and restructuring processes at the end of May, and it laid off far fewer staff members than it had initially anticipated.
It has also reduced the number of cinemas destined for closure from nine...
Ster-Kinekor has a bright future in SA — CEO
Ster-Kinekor CEO Mark Sardi believes cinema has a bright future in South Africa despite headwinds like the popularity of streaming services, load-shedding, and the effect of the Hollywood actor's strike.
In an interview with 702, Sardi explained...
Netflix's head of film starting his own company
Scott Stuber, who built Netflix Inc. into Hollywood’s most prolific movie studio, will leave the streaming giant in March to start a new company.
Stuber will stay on as global film chairman at least until the Academy Awards in March to wrap up...
The Marvels records lowest-ever opening weekend for Disney superhero movie
Walt Disney Co.’s The Marvels generated $47 million (R880 million) in US and Canadian theatre ticket sales this past weekend, the lowest opening ever for the company’s famous superhero franchise.
The receipts compare...
South Africa's movie ticket prices have doubled since 2014
South Africa's movie ticket prices have just about doubled since 2014, an analysis by MyBroadband has revealed.
In the past few years, movie theatre attendance has declined amid the proliferation of straight-to-streaming movies.
Barbie and Oppenheimer movies take box office to four-year high
Cinemas finally have something to celebrate.
Barbie, a comedy about the famous fashion doll, and Oppenheimer, a biography of the inventor of the atomic bomb, brought out movie fans in droves, helping box office revenue this...
Top Gun: Maverick and Doctor Strange 2 draw South Africans back to the cinemas
Cinemas have taken a pummeling over the last two years, but blockbuster films like Top Gun: Maverick and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness are making South Africans return to the big screen in droves.
The...
Top movies at South African cinemas
This year, the most popular movie in South Africa — viewed in Ster-Kinekor theatres — is Spider-Man: No Way Home, while the top films on Netflix and Showmax are Senior Year and Till Death, respectively.
The top ten list for Ster-Kinekor includes titles such...
Ster-Kinekor offering big special on movie tickets — and popcorn and Coke
In celebration of 127 years of cinema in South Africa, Ster-Kinekor is offering a big deal on movie tickets for one day only.
On Tuesday, 19 April 2022, moviegoers can buy two tickets for a regular 2D screening at one of...
Ster-Kinekor's business rescue plan gets the all clear
Ster-Kinekor Theatres' (SKT's) business rescue practitioner (BRP) Stefan Smyth has announced that the company's creditors and shareholders have approved and adopted a business rescue plan that will see it get a R250-million senior debt...
So just noticed on numetro that Demon Slayer Mugen Train movie is releasing locally in cinemas on April 9th. Now I believe this might be the first subbed anime to ever release in South African cinemas so I will be supporting this movie day 1 and am absolutely pumped to not have to wait until...