What Malaysian cinema operators have planned for moviegoers

Lotus Five Star is a main distributor of Indian films in Malaysia. Photo: GLENN GUAN/The Star

When John Lasseter, the head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, spoke to Star2 in Hong Kong last year, he mentioned that one of the things he likes about Asia is that Asians still frequent the cinemas. He probably brought up this matter as Western media reports a decline in cinema attendance – blaming it on either the lack of blockbuster hits, or pointing fingers at DVD and internet downloads.

But that is not the case in Malaysia. Despite the doom and gloom of box office figures in the United States, major cinema operators here are busy opening more and more halls nationwide.