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By Carolyn Giardina

Daily Cinema Roundup-Tuesday 19 May

—Barco has enterted into a supply agreement with Kodak to provide exhibitors fully integrated digital cinema systems that combine Barco digital cinema projectors and Kodak’s digital screen management servers and theater management systems. “Barco has a long-term commitment to high quality proj…

Daily Cinema Roundup-Monday 18 May

–Sony and Regal released a press release this morning, officially announcing that Regal will install the Sony 4K digital projections systems across its entire circuit. (See Celluloid Junkie’s Friday post below on this news). According to the release, the installation of the systems is ex…

Box Office Review-Sunday 17 May

Sony/Columbia’s adaptation of Dan Brown novel “Angels and Demons” brought in $152.3 million worldwide in its opening weekend, including a No. 1 opening at the US box office with $48 million from 3,527 theaters. “Angels and Demons” was released as a 4K DCP, per a 2008 Sony plan to release the majorit…

Digital Faces Critical (Archiving) Dilemma

“The Digital Dilemma”—a 2007 report from AMPAS’ SciTech Council that examines the challenges of archiving and accessing digital motion picture materials—was the subject of the SMPTE’s Hollywood Section May meeting, held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood. The report concludes that th…

Box Office Review-Sunday 10 May

The Star Trek franchise had its biggest opening yet, as Paramount’s relaunched “Star Trek” topped the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $72.5 million, giving the film a domestic total of $76.5 million (with its Thursday opening night). “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”—which la…

Digital Hollywood: Credit Market Starting to Recover

A group of 3D industry leaders shared varying opinions on the future of 3D—as well as their latest impressions of the credit market–during a panel yesterday at the Digital Hollywood confab in Los Angeles. “The market has recovered a little since December,” said James Dix, analyst at Wedbush Mo…

RealD Releases LP Version

RealD expanded its product line today with the launch of RealD LP (Linear Polarizing Z Screen), which the company describes as a mobile, single-projector, passive 3D system. RealD recommends the system for conference rooms, R&D centers, museum exhibits, mobile education centers, virtual rides an…

“Wolverine” Opens With $87 Million Weekend; 3D Tested in “Battle”

North America’s summer movie season began this weekend with a big success for a superhero tentpole and a disappointing start for the latest 3D release. 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” launched the season by winning its opening weekend with $87 million. That is the second biggest start…

Daily Cinema Roundup-Monday April 27

–News on the Croisette: Xpand announced today that it was officially chosen as the 3D digital system provider at this year’s Festival De Cannes. The 62nd Festival de Cannes will begin its opening ceremony on May 13 with Pixar Animation Studios’ first stereoscopic 3D animated feature “Up,” whic…

‘Monsters’ Continues to Influence Box Office

Dreamworks Animation’s debut stereoscopic 3D title “Monsters Vs. Aliens” raked in another $8.5 million at the US box office this weekend, helping bring its domestic gross to $174.8 million and allowing its international box office to cross the $300 million mark. The film opened March 27 in the US an…