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July 18, 2008
Dark Knight presales exceed expectations
It might not be quite breaking records, but the “Dark Knight” online presales have been exceptional.
Here is the most up-to-date sales info regarding Batman: The Dark Knight:
7PM: With two hours still to go until the clock strikes midnight ET, Dark Knight has reached MovieTickets.com’s Top-5 Pre-sale List of All-Time:
1. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
5. The Dark KnightRead the full story at Deadline Hollywood Daily.
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Whiteside Theatre in Oregon seeks volunteers for restoration
CORVALLIS OR — The Whiteside Theatre is reaching out to volunteers who would like to participate in the restoration of what was once the second biggest theatre in Oregon.
The theatre opened in 1922 and functioned as a single screen movie palace until its closure in 2002. Owner Regal Entertainment Corporation entertained an attempt in 2006 to convert the theatre to a retail complex, leaving only the exterior intact. In February 2007 the city council approved the plan. The Whiteside Theatre Foundation successfully fended off the proposal and eventually convinced Regal Entertainment to donate the theatre to the foundation.
Although the theatre has suffered the ravages of time, most of the original features remain intact. The tile and wood floors of the theatre have been covered with carpet but little else has changed. A complete description of the theatre’s present state can be found at the Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society.
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Big 3D opening weekend
“Journey to the Center of the Earth” performed big in its opening weekend in 3D. How will this affect a future rollout?
The success of Warner Bros' Journey to the Center of the Earth will likely pressure exhibitors and distributors to find ways to roll out digital presentation systems more quickly. Journey delivered an opening weekend gross of $20.58M, with 57 percent of the gross coming from theatres equipped to show the film in Real D 3D.
This Brendan Fraser family action film is the first live action, narrative Digital 3D film, and the movie performed 3.1 times better in 3D than it did in traditional 2D presentation. I spoke with Real D Chairman/CEO and Co-Founder Michael V. Lewis on Sunday, and he says that Journey delivered an estimated Per Theatre Average of $12,000 in Digital 3D this weekend compared to just $4,000 in 2D. Given the success of 2007’s Beowulf (Dreamworks/Paramount) and the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Movie (Disney) early this year, it is fair to question why only 1,400 Real D 3D systems have been deployed.
Read the full story at Hollywood.com.
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Theatre equipment wanted
American Entertainment Products, LLC is buying used theatre equipment, vintage and current. Vintage speakers, ampflifiers, horns and drivers like Western Electric, ERPI, Motiograph, Altec and Jensen. Current equipment including projectors, amplifiers, processors, platters and speakers. Will come to you, provide labor and equipment for removal. Call or email for an evaluation of your inventory.
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iPhone theater search
There are new Apple iPhone applications that help you find local theaters.
Movies.app is a comprehensive movie searching application giving you Theaters in your area, movies that are in those theaters, trailers of movies, maps to the theaters, Box Office info about movies and even movies that are Opening Soon.
Read more at Apple iPhone School.
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July 17, 2008
New release shelf life
Not really news but Reuters takes a look at the state of staying power for summer flicks.
We live in a culture of instant gratification: instant-on appliances, fast food and, in some states, even day-of-registration voting.
Hollywood is not immune, especially during the summer months, when moviegoers descend each weekend on the newest movie at the multiplex like a swarm of hungry locusts.
Audiences make their likes or dislikes known instantly. The result is that hit or miss, no movie stays on theater screens for very long.
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July 16, 2008
More classics at the Michigan
ANN ARBOR, MI — The summer film series at the Michigan Theater is continuing with “M”.
The Michigan Theater’s Summer Classics Film Series rolls on this week with Fritz Lang’s “M.”
This influential 1931 German movie stars Peter Lorre as a child killer who meets a sort of justice at the hands of the Berlin underworld.
The movie screens today at 3 p.m. and Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Michigan, 603 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor. Regular admission applies. More Information.
Read more in the Ann Arbor News.
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Overland Park success
BOISE, ID — This article raves about how the Overland Park Cinema is the best in Boise.
For a mere $4 you can get a bag of popcorn and a soda and sit down to enjoy a second-run, but first-class flick. Families can enjoy a real movie night-out for minor coin. Skip the popcorn, and a kid gets in for just $2. The theater also boasts $1 Tuesday movies and daily matinees.
The movie house, with its three cinemas, is practically hidden in the middle of the Overland Park Shopping Center. But plenty of nearby parking makes up for the lack of a huge marquee. Theater owners upgraded seating and sound in recent years.
Owner Mike Lehosit credits the theater’s success to low profit margins and a family orientation.
Read more in the Idaho Statesman.