Obsessed is at the Top

Earning $28.5 million at the box office, the April 24 release Obsessed was at the top of the chart for the weekend, April 24-26. The data comes from Rentrak Theatrical’s Box Office Essentials theatrical box office data collection and analytical service. Obsessed has done slightly better than the last week’s top movie, “17 Again,” which [...]

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IMAX, China Film Group to Open Theater in China

The agreement between IMAX Corporation and China Film Group Corporation is to open an IMAX theater in a new multiplex development in the city of Tianjin, China. The installation is scheduled to be completed in October, 2009. The deal will help IMAX expand its network in China, IMAX’s largest international growth market, with 41 IMAX [...]

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Boxoffice Blues

After the fast and furious performance of Universal Pictures’ action-thriller, Fast & Furious, making a whopping $72 million during its first weekend April 3-5, the boxoffice response to other new releases has been quite lukewarm. Even the loud and hyped Hannah Montana during its first weekend April 10-12 couldn’t reach even half the level of [...]

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Movies and Money: Who Earned What

Running at 3461 locations, Universal Pictures’ action-thriller, Fast & Furious made $72,507,950 during the weekend April 3-5. Rentrak Theatrical has released the data for 12 top movies. While showing some marketing aggression, Fast & Furious – starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker – has in fact beaten the last week’s topper Monsters vs. Aliens, which [...]

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Alice Going to Wonderland Next Year

Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice, will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on March 5, 2010. According to IMAX, the special IMAX 3D release will be digitally re-mastered [...]

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Top 12 at the Box Office

Rentrak Theatrical, a business unit of Rentrak Corporation, has announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the period March 27-29. The 12 estimated top producing motion pictures with their weekend gross and the number of locations are: 1.     Monsters vs. Aliens ($58,200,000 – 4104) 2.     The Haunting in Connecticut ($23,010,000 – 2732) 3.     Knowing [...]

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Monsters vs. Aliens Coming with Bang…and Bucks

IMAX Corporation says Monsters vs. Aliens, the first 3D release from DreamWorks Animation SKG, will open simultaneously with the digital 3D and conventional 2D releases on Friday, March 27 in 143 domestic (U.S.) IMAX theatres, claimed to be a record for a first-run film. The film will also open in five IMAX theatres internationally day-and-date [...]

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Monsters vs. Aliens Getting 3D Welcome in Central Europe

Cinemas in Central Europe are ready to extend a warm welcome to DreamWorks Animation’s feature film, “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which comes to theaters in the U.S. on March 27. Palace Cinemas announces the addition of 12 3D-capable digital screens at its sites in Central Europe in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. Three will be [...]

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New Dimension for Animation Flicks

Though still in the fledgling stage, 3-D animation is poised to be the next big frontier in the movie-making business. And DreamWorks Animation has plunged into this adventurous market beginning with its new movie “Monsters vs. Aliens”, scheduled for release in March. Intel is supporting this effort. So what’s the present and future of 3-D [...]

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