MONSTERS VS. ALIENS with almost $12K per 3-D screen! The future of 3-D is looking UP!

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Dreamworks Animation have definitively proven that Digital 3-D is a blockbuster format. Not only has Monsters vs. Aliens seized a monstrous $58.2M in opening weekend ticket sales, Real-D (the technology provider) and Dreamworks have revealed that $25M or so of that gross was generated specifically from 3-D and IMAX 3-D. Fox is reporting that fully 43% of the total take was from the estimated 2,218 Digital 3-D screens.

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS tore up the box office this weekend - especially in 3-D

That means that the Per Screen Average for the movie in 3-D was about $11,700, while the 4,800 or so traditional 35MM 2-D engagements had a Per Theatre of just an estimated $4,780. Exhibitors who figured out a way to overcome the credit crunch and pay the estimated $100,000 to convert a traditional theatre into one that can show Digital 3-D made a killing this weekend.

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Posted Mar 29th 2009 at 9:04 pm in Entertainment, Steve Mason's Box Office | 920863 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smason/2009/03/29/monsters-vs-aliens-with-almost-12k-per-3-d-screen-the-future-of-3-d-is-looking-up/MONSTERS+VS.+ALIENS+with+almost+%2412K+per+3-D+screen%21+The+future+of+3-D+is+looking+UP%212009-03-30+04%3A04%3A22Steve+Mason

Stewart, Santelli And Sarcasm

Something didn’t sound quite right when I listened to Jon Stewart’s set-up for his sarcastic blast of CNBC’s Rick Santelli as a hypocrite who thinks federal bailout money for corporate America is just fine while a helping hand from Uncle Sam (a bailout by another name) for strapped mortgage holders isn’t. So I reverted to the method I’d come to rely on while an investigative reporter when I could not follow what a fast talking con artist was actually saying: I transcribed what he said. And sure enough, the words on paper revealed Stewart’s sophistry that my ears could not pinpoint: (more…)

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Tags: bailout, CNBC, Daily Show, jon stewart, Ray Romano
Posted Mar 12th 2009 at 6:27 am in Celebrity News, Political Humor, Politics | 77682198 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgifford/2009/03/12/stewart-santelli-and-sarcasm/Stewart%2C+Santelli+And+Sarcasm2009-03-12+13%3A27%3A26Dan+Gifford