James Bond and Han Solo have Village Roadshow expecting a bumper 2016.
The group's Australian cinema business is outperforming expectations so far this financial year, with admissions up and moviegoers spending more at the flicks.
Co-chairman Robert Kirby says business had been "outstanding" for the new James Bond blockbuster Spectre, with the much-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens due for release in December.
Next year's line-up also looks strong, with Batman vs Superman, Captain America, and Finding Dory, the sequel to the hit animated flick Finding Nemo, due to hit screens.
"We are anticipating a strong 2016 financial year in cinema exhibition," he told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Thursday.
Village Roadshow recorded its best cinema sales ever last year, helped by the success of the Imitation Game, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Jurassic World.
Premium movie-going experiences including Gold Class and Vmax, as well as more candy bar options, such as hot food, have helped draw in bigger audiences.
But while the company's cinema business is firing, its film distribution arm, Roadshow, has had a disappointing first quarter.
Roadshow's full year result is likely to be below that of 2014/15 because of the ongoing decline in the DVD market.
To help offset that, Village is enhancing its digital options by entering into agreements with streaming services Netflix, Stan and Presto.
Meanwhile, admission numbers are up at the group's Gold Coast theme parks - Wet`n'Wild, Sea World and Warner Bros. Movie World, Australian Outback Spectacular, and Paradise Country.
Mr Kirby said Sea World's Creatures of the Deep exhibition, a new children's area and Halloween program had all proved popular during the first quarter.
However visitor numbers at Sydney's Wet`n'Wild were down as a result of cool weather keeping crowds away during the key school holiday period in September.
Mr Kirby said despite the park performing below expectations recently, he anticipated a strong summer holiday period.
The company is also ramping up its presence in Asia, entering into a memorandum of understanding to open a Wet`n'Wild in China in late 2016.
It's also in discussions with developers in Asia to roll out indoor theme parks, called Big Boxes, in major shopping centres.
