SYDNEY — In a move that bodes well for sellers of independent films to Australia, Kerry Packer’s search for corporate synergy has sparked the return of Hoyts Cinemas to the distrib biz. The market has ...

Freelance journalist Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney. EXCLUSIVE: Hoyts Distribution, which handles The Twilight Saga franchise in Australia, is on the market. Private equity firm ...

SYDNEY — The battle for cinema screens figures to get even more intense Down Under next year, as Hoyts Cinemas and Bruce Davey/Mel Gibson’s Icon Prods. launch their own distribution banners. Hoyts ...

SYDNEY -- Sydney-based private equity group Pacific Equity Partners has acquired Australian cinema operator and film distributor the Hoyts Group for AUS$440 million ($365 million), PEP said Monday. By ...