Case Study

GKIDS:
Driving Ticket Sales 
With Showtimes

Overview

Introduction to GKIDS

GKIDS is the producer and distributor of award-winning feature animation for both adult and family audiences. Since 2010, the company has scored an astounding 13 Best Animated Feature Oscar® nominations and one win with The Boy and the Heron in 2024.

GKIDS also handles North American distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, including titles such as Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke and others; as well as the critically-acclaimed television series, Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Challenge

Improving engagement

GKIDS was looking for a simple solution that not only provided accurate and real-time showtimes data, but was also fully responsive, catering to users across various devices including desktops, tablets, and smartphones. The challenge was to integrate a solution that worked flawlessly across different platforms while maintaining a consistent user experience.

Landing page for email promotions

Multiple titles per year

Integration with Google Analytics

Solution: The MovieGlu Distributor Widget

 GKIDS installed our Distributor Widget to drive location-based searches, and ticket sales by copying just a few lines of code into their website.

Responsive

Our Widget provided GKIDS with a responsive solution that seamlessly integrated into their WordPress website for display on any type of device.

Simple

Users can search for cinemas near their location, get results in under half-a-second, and click-through to purchase their tickets.
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In numbers: The story so far
Following our successful implementation, GKIDS has gone on to use our Widget in both the United States and Canada, delivering accurate and local showtimes to their users.
30+
Titles
Studio Ghibli and GKIDS titles
1,200+
Cinemas
AMC, Cinemark, Regal, Marcus, and more
Millions
Interactions
From searches, to showtimes, to Sales