cineplex inc on thursday reported a swing to profit in the third quarter beating analyst forecasts and benefiting from international films shown in the companys theaters the canadian theater chain reported a profit of 309 million canadian dollars us228 million or c043 a share compared with a loss of c336 million or c053 a share a year earlier analysts polled on factset had expected a narrowed loss of c018 a share total revenue rose to c3398 million from c2504 million a nearly 36 increase analysts had expected a less pronounced rise to c3193 million boxoffice revenue in the period reached 70 of the third quarter of 2019 prior to the pandemic july was the strongest month reaching c656 million at the box office or 85 of the equivalent period in 2019 while september was the weakest with c23 million or 52 of september 2019 despite limited hollywood film product we still achieved box office revenues of 70 compared to the same quarter in 2019 this was driven by strong box office in july and the success of our international film product president and chief executive ellis jacob said