Flicks

What Flicks does

Flicks Ltd is a privately held New Zealand company, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Auckland, that operates a consumer-facing entertainment discovery platform under the Flicks brand. Its primary property, flicks.co.nz, aggregates real-time cinema showtimes from approximately 30+ cinema chains and independent theaters across New Zealand (including Event, Hoyts, Silky Otter, Academy Cinemas, and others) and tracks streaming availability across 8+ platforms including Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+, TVNZ+, Neon, Tubi, DocPlay, and AroVision. The platform exposes Rotten Tomatoes critic scores and Letterboxd user ratings alongside editorial reviews from a stable of named critics, and offers a Coming Soon section with trailers and release schedules, a Sport Guide for live events, and a member rewards and competitions program. The technical footprint consists of a web platform plus native iOS and Android applications, with social login via Facebook, Google, and Apple.

The company serves a primarily horizontal consumer segment — New Zealand residents seeking cinema showtimes, ticket booking, streaming availability, and editorial recommendations — via a product-led growth model: free access, organic search acquisition, and freemium membership that adds watchlists, favorites, reminders, and competitions. The business model is free to end users; revenue is generated through display advertising and affiliate/referral fees from streaming platforms (Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store) and ticket purchase integrations. Flicks maintains parallel regional sites under the same brand for Australia (flicks.com.au), UK (flicks.co.uk), and the United States (flicks.us), and distributes via Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube (@weareflicks) for content marketing and audience development.

The company is led by founder and CEO Paul Scantlebury, operates with a small team (11-50 employees), and shows no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or funding rounds in the available data. There are no acquisitions, mergers, leadership changes, or regulatory actions identified, and the company appears to operate as an independent, organically financed consumer media business focused on the New Zealand market with limited international footprint.

Name

Flicks

Legal name

Flicks Ltd

Website

https://flicks.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Flicks is a New Zealand consumer entertainment discovery platform that aggregates nationwide cinema showtimes, streaming availability across 8+ platforms, ticket booking, and editorial film reviews for NZ residents via web and mobile apps.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entertainment Discovery

NAICS

Motion Picture Theaters (except Drive-Ins) (512131)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSACALAD

Cinema & Movie Ticketing

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Ticketing & Reservations Services

Keywords

• Cinema showtimes
• Streaming guide
• Movie discovery
• Entertainment listings
• Ticket booking

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The platform displays advertisements from third-party brands and sponsors. The site contains promotional content and display advertising alongside editorial content.
2. Affiliate/Referral Fees: Earns referral fees by directing users to streaming platforms for rental, purchase, or subscription. Links to Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, and other streaming services include affiliate tracking.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Flicks operates a free entertainment discovery platform that aggregates nationwide New Zealand cinema showtimes and ticket purchasing across roughly 30+ cinema chains, while simultaneously tracking movies and TV shows available on streaming platforms including Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV, TVNZ+ and Neon. The platform supplements listings with editorial reviews, Rotten Tomatoes and Letterboxd scores, trailers, a member watchlist, a rewards program, and native iOS/Android apps.

Product overview

Flicks is a New Zealand-focused entertainment discovery platform that aggregates cinema showtimes, streaming availability, and entertainment content. The core product portfolio consists of the Cinema Guide (enabling movie discovery and ticket purchases across NZ theaters), Streaming Guide (tracking content across Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+, TVNZ+, Neon, and other platforms), Coming Soon section (previewing upcoming releases with trailers), Sport Guide (covering live sports events), and Opinion (editorial reviews). The platform also includes a mobile app for iOS/Android, member watchlist functionality, and a rewards/competitions program. Flicks serves as an independent entertainment information hub spanning cinema, streaming, and sports content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cinema Guide Movie showtime and ticket booking service listing films across roughly 30+ New Zealand cinema chains (Event, Hoyts, Silky Otter, Academy Cinemas, etc.) with integrated ticket purchasing and Rotten Tomatoes/Letterboxd ratings, used by NZ cinema-goers discovering what is playing locally.
• Streaming Guide Comprehensive streaming availability tracker showing which movies and TV shows are available on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV, TVNZ+, Neon and other platforms, with affiliate-tracked links for rental and purchase.
• Coming Soon Preview service for upcoming New Zealand theatrical and streaming releases, including trailers, release schedules, and editorial coverage of forthcoming titles.
• Sport Guide Live sports coverage information with schedules and team details for events including the FIFA World Cup, NRL, UFC, cricket, netball and rugby league.
• Opinion & Editorial Editorial content featuring film reviews, critic opinions, and feature articles from Flicks' team of writers including Luke Buckmaster, Liam Maguren, Clarisse Loughrey, Rory Doherty, Tony Stamp, Eliza Janssen, and David Michael Brown.
• Flicks Mobile App Native iOS and Android applications delivering Flicks' cinema times, streaming availability, watchlist management and editorial content to users on mobile devices.
• Member Watchlist & Rewards Free membership tier combining personalized watchlists, favourites, viewing reminders and a rewards/competitions program offering cinema ticket discounts (e.g., 20% off at Reading Cinemas) and free streaming subscription promotions (e.g., 3 months free DocPlay).

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• NetflixminorOthersFlicks aggregates Netflix content availability as part of its streaming guide, enabling users to discover Netflix content alongside other streaming platforms. No formal partnership announced.
• HBO MaxminorOthersFlicks tracks and displays HBO Max content availability as part of its streaming guide, directing users to the platform.
• Disney+minorOthersFlicks includes Disney+ in its streaming availability tracking and directs users to the platform for viewing.
• Prime VideominorOthersFlicks integrates with Prime Video Store for rental and purchase options, including affiliate tracking links.
• Apple TV StoreminorOthersFlicks includes links to Apple TV Store for content rental and purchase, with affiliate tracking for revenue generation.
• TVNZ+minorOthersFlicks tracks TVNZ+ content availability for New Zealand users as part of its local streaming guide.
• NeonminorOthersFlicks includes Neon streaming service in its content availability tracking for New Zealand audiences.
• New Zealand Cinemas (Event, Hoyts, Silky Otter, etc.)coreOthersFlicks aggregates showtime data from approximately 30+ cinema chains and independent theaters across New Zealand including Event Cinemas, Hoyts, Academy Cinemas, Silky Otter Cinemas, Victoria Theatre, and others. Provides ticket purchasing integration.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• JustWatch: JustWatch is the leading global streaming-availability aggregator, listing where to watch movies and TV across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+ and many others. It competes head-on with Flicks' Streaming Guide by performing the same function for audiences, with a stronger multi-country footprint but less cinema-ticketing focus.
• TVGuide: TVGuide provides TV and streaming schedules, show details and 'what to watch' editorial content, mirroring Flicks' mix of listings, streaming availability and recommendations. It focuses more on linear TV but overlaps on streaming discovery and editorial curation.
• Letterboxd: Letterboxd is a social film-discovery platform with reviews, ratings, watchlists and editorial content, mirroring Flicks' member watchlist and Opinion features. It overlaps directly with Flicks' editorial/blog/film-critic proposition and is integrated into Flicks itself as a third-party data source.

Broad incumbents

• Fandango: Fandango is the dominant US cinema ticketing and movie discovery platform, combining showtimes, ticketing, editorial reviews and streaming availability. It mirrors Flicks' combined cinema + streaming + reviews approach, but at far greater scale and within a much larger US market.
• Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten Tomatoes is the leading movie-review aggregator whose Tomatometer scores are surfaced inside Flicks' product. Its broader site covers theatrical release info and 'Where to Watch' functionality, making it an incumbent that both supplies and competes with Flicks.
• IMDb: IMDb is the world's largest movie and TV database with showtimes, trailers, critic scores, and 'Where to Watch' links. As part of Amazon, it competes broadly with Flicks' discovery and streaming-availability features across a far wider content catalog.

Emerging players

• Reelgood: Reelgood is a streaming-availability aggregator that helps users find where to watch movies and shows across US-focused subscription services. It competes with Flicks' Streaming Guide in the same aggregation category but with narrower market and cinema-ticketing scope.
• Time Out: Time Out operates local city-by-city entertainment discovery sites covering cinema, streaming, food, and events with strong editorial content. It overlaps with Flicks' regional/market editorial model and cinema listings but extends beyond film into broader local entertainment.

Regional players

• Allocine: Allociné is France's leading cinema and streaming discovery platform combining showtimes, ticketing, reviews and streaming availability — the closest international analogue to Flicks in terms of product surface area, though serving the French market rather than NZ.

Others

• Metacritic: Metacritic aggregates professional reviews into a single Metascore for movies, TV shows and games. It is similar to the Rotten Tomatoes/Letterboxd integration on Flicks' pages, functioning as an authoritative rating source for film discovery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@weareflicks
• Facebookfacebook.com/flicks.co.nz
• Instagraminstagram.com/weareflicks
• TikToktiktok.com/@weareflicks
• Xx.com/FlicksNZ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/flicks.co.nz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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