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Author Topic: Gravity Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 02-07-2014 10:35 PM                     These are some spectacular numbers by IMAX. $156,000 average per screen. Gravity Crosses $100 Million Milestone In IMAX® 3D Theatres Worldwide Nominated for 10 Academy Awards®, Alfonso Cuaron's Acclaimed Drama Continues to Attract Moviegoers to the Format that Shines a Spotlight on the Masterpiece's Cinematic Beauty LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7, 2014 /CNW/ - IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures, a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), today announced that Gravity™ has passed the $100 million global box office benchmark in 639 IMAX® 3D theatres worldwide since its initial release Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. As of Feb. 5, 2014, the film had reached $48.6 million in 330 IMAX 3D theatres domestically and $51.5 million from 309 theatres internationally. Gravity represents the third IMAX Hollywood film to cross the $100-million threshold, following Avatar in 2010 and The Dark Knight Rises in 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO) Gravity continues to pull moviegoers in to IMAX theatres, with a Jan. 31, 2014, re-release into 330 IMAX 3D locations in North America and other international territories. Filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron's internationally lauded drama, which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, has been a hit with audiences and critics alike, closing in on the $700 million mark at the global box office, while receiving 10 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture. Demand for the film -- which was also nominated for four Golden Globes, with Cuaron winning Best Director -- has been particularly high in IMAX 3D. Opening Oct. 4, Gravity was the highest-grossing IMAX release of 2013, both domestically and globally. "We congratulate our longtime partners at Warner Bros., along with writer-director-producer Alfonso Cuaron, and producer David Heyman, for crafting a visually and emotionally stunning film that appeals to IMAX audiences around the world and has also garnered widespread acclaim," said Greg Foster, CEO of IMAX Entertainment and Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. "We continue to be thrilled by the strong, enduring appeal of Gravity and look forward to even more moviegoers discovering this spectacular film in IMAX 3D over the coming weeks." The IMAX release of Gravity has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX 3D Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio create a unique environment that make audiences feel as if they are in the movie. http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1302411/gravity-crosses-100-million-milestone-in-imax-3d-theatres-worldwide  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-08-2014 12:03 AM                     The numbers aren't quite so impressive if you break it down into actual tickets sold. A 3D movie in an IMAX branded theater is going to cost at least $16 per ticket. For a $156,000 per screen average it would take less than 10,000 tickets to deliver that. A 500 seat theater would need only 20 shows filled to capacity to bring in $160,000 at $16 per ticket.  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 02-14-2014 10:07 PM                     quote: Geoff Jones I want to see it again and it's been a long time since I have felt that way. Are you planning on picking up the bluray or dvd? It comes out in a week and a half and the bluray quality reviews are stellar. I am glad they have kept it 5.1 for the home (never liked 7.1). I might actually pick up the bluray myself.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-25-2014 06:37 PM                        I just saw this. Skipped it in theaters. Pretty good! I know everyone else is saying "best movie ever made or will ever be made" and all that. Not so. Sound mix was good I guess but I didn't really pay attention to it. The main thing that stood out to me was Sandra Bullocks. She did not look like Sandra Bullocks. She must have had some work done. Like a bad facelift, a nose trimmin' and puffiness added to her lips. Why did she do that? quote: Terrance I am glad they have kept it 5.1 for the home (never liked 7.1). Yeah 7.1 is teh sux. I'm with you. I only like 5.1. Actually screw that mono really is the best anything more is stupid. You think you're hardcore by not liking 7.1 but I am more hardcore than you. Hell I don't even like sound at all. BEAT THAT!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-25-2014 08:19 PM                     quote: Joe Redifer She did not look like Sandra Bullocks. She must have had some work done. Like a bad facelift, a nose trimmin' and puffiness added to her lips. Why did she do that? She spends too much time around movie industry types in Los Angeles.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-25-2014 10:14 PM                        I had a friend see this on video and he said he didn't see what all the shouting was about. I told him, you needed to see it in a theater. (His TV setup is nothing special, just a 42" on the wall and a crappy sound system.) I would expect Joe has a setup that would make the movie look good -- but I'll bet about 95% of video watchers will see it on their dinky TVs and go, "that's it?"  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-25-2014 11:13 PM                        If that's truly the case, then it means the movie itself doesn't hold up. It relies on big visuals and that's it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-26-2014 12:49 PM                        Well the other likelihood is, he watched it with a bunch of friends and they were just watching it for the action parts and didn't grasp the "deeper" meanings in the movie. I know that happened to me the first time I saw it....I got so caught up in the action that I didn't pay enough attention to the other layers of the movie. I liked it a lot better the second time I saw it.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-26-2014 02:46 PM                        Some movies really only work in theatres. Reminds me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a horrible movie that people loved so much in theatres they kept coming back for more. But then it came out on video and everyone said "Eh, What's the big deal." Turns out if you watch a movie that is essentially an extended version of Love American Style on TV, it looks and feels just like a TV show.  |  IP: Logged

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