04/09/2026
The Digital Mark II challenge has a postcode.
Of the 113 independent cinema screens in the Critical or Severe renewal bands, 81 are regional — 71.7%.
These are screens where the indicative renewal requirement equals ten years or more of modelled operating profit.
That matters because a cinema is more than a projector.
In many regional communities it is cultural infrastructure: somewhere to see Australian stories, international films, family films and major releases together on a big screen.
The renewal requirement is national.
The capital constraint is disproportionately regional.
Read the research: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vw6mAfHbWi1Sl8JD8lFPkoxHXn3et3Nt/view?usp=drive_link