The Hollywood Reporter weighs in with 2008’s projected box office tally from Nielsen EDI (the official keepers of the box office numbers for the MPAA and NATO) and it looks mighty sweet: Meanwhile, buoyed by good weekday numbers and potentially strong holds over the holiday weekend, overall domestic boxoffice is poised to set a record…. Read more »
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More media on big box office during hard times
CBS Evening News has the story. John Fithian, Keanu Reeves and Brad Pitt weigh in: Watch CBS Videos Online
NATO's Digital Cinema User Requirements v. 2.1
NATO’s Digital Cinema User Requirements, version 2.1 have been completed and approved. You can read them here.
DCIP signs digital cinema agreement with five studios
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), a consortium of exhibitors Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Theatres and Cinemark, announced they have struck a deal with five Hollywood studios to support their digital cinema rollout. According to AP: Five Hollywood studios have agreed to help pay for a $1 billion-plus rollout of digital technology on about 20,000 movie… Read more »
Q & A with Campbell and Fithian
Regal Entertainment Group Chairman and CEO Mike Campbell and NATO President and CEO John Fithian chat about theatrical exhibition with The Hollywood Reporter’s Carl DiOrio. Before getting outside the box office, they get right into it: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Will summer 2008 set another new boxoffice record? CAMPBELL: We have a strong slate of films… Read more »