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By Carolyn Giardina

Box Office Review-Sunday 21 June “Up Climbs To $224.1 Million”

Can a house lifted by thousands of helium balloons overtake the Starship Enterprise? With an estimated $21.3 million domestic gross in its fourth week in release, Disney/Pixar’s “Up” has brought its domestic total to an estimated $224.1 million. “Up” is the year’s second highest grossing…

It’s Official: TI Targets 4K; Cinemark Makes Deal

It’s official: On the heels of our previous Celluloid Junkie post on this subject, TI announced that it plans to develop 4K as an extension of its next-gen DLP Cinema projection technology. The new platform—which TI said would comply with the DCI spec—is slated to launch at the end of the year and i…

Sources Say TI Moving Toward 4K

TI is developing but has not commercialized a 4K DLP Cinema system and is pushing for a big exhibitor—perhaps DCIP partner Cinemark–to come onboard, Celluloid Junkie sources report. Nancy Fares, business manager for DLP Cinema Products Group, was contacted for comment. She only responded: “We…

Box Office Review-Sunday 14 June

Two of the current top three highest grossing films of the year in North America are digital 3D releases. In its third week in release, Disney/Pixar’s wonderful “Up” brought in an estimated $30.5 million for a $187.2 million total gross, making it the third highest total in North America this year s…

Box Office Review-Monday 8 June “Up Soars Over $100 Million”

In its second weekend in release, “Up”—Pixar’s 10th animated feature and first in digital 3D—crossed the $100 million mark. The film earned $44.1 million in North America, to reach a domestic total gross of $137.2 million. The film opened in 3,818 theaters, including roughly 1,535 that were 3D ready…

E3 Gaming Confab Interests Hollywood

One of every three consumer’s entertainment dollars spent in March, were spent on computer and video games—more than going to the movies, suggested Michael Gallagher, CEO of the Entertainment Software Association. He announced this figure during an address at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3…

Box Office Review-Sunday 31 May “Up Lifts 3D”

Disney/Pixar’s stunning “Up” gave digital 3D a high profile lift this weekend, soaring to No. 1 at the North American box office with an estimated $68.2 million. The film opened in 3,766 theaters, including a record 1,534 3D theaters. This surpassed the opening weekend domestic gross of DreamWorks A…

Daily Cinema Roundup-Thursday 27 May

–With his contract recently extended until 2013 and “Monsters Vs. Aliens” one of the year’s top grossing films so far, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has now revealed plans to release five feature films every two years, adding an additional film every other year to its existing tw…

Disney Promotes 3D with Inflatable Theater

You’ve got to hand it to Disney for creating another innovative way to promote 3D. To raise awareness of the format and the studio’s upcoming stereoscopic release “A Christmas Carol,” Disney has put together a 40-city promotional tour that will travel by train. As part of the exhibition, at each sto…

Box Office Review-Sunday 24 May

Over the U.S. Memorial Day weekend, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” debuted at the top of the domestic box office with an estimated $53.5 million, just ahead of another new release, “Terminator Salvation,” with an estimated $43 million. With its Thursday opening day, the “Terminator…