US: Average Movie Ticket Prices Increases Less than 1%

For 2011 average movie ticket prices in America increased less than 1%. The ticket price increase was far less than 2010 where it increased 39%. The overall increase is likely less than inflation so surprising for...

Shrek Underperforms, MacGruber Bombs, And Alice Nears 1 Billion!

Shrek Forever After (or Shrek: The Final Chapter) underperformed at the box office this weekend. Even with the help of 3D and IMAX it only opened with $71.2 million. Compare that with Shrek 2 which opened with...

Alice in Wonderland is Set to Gross $1 Billion Worldwide!

Iron Man 2 is #1 again this weekend, but the movie stealing the spotlight is Alice in Wonderland. So far, the film has grossed $980.5 million worldwide. That's $19.5 million away from $1 billion. It...

Dragons vs Kraken for Boxoffice: Clash of the Titans Opens Apr 2

Clash of the Titans, a remake of the Ray Harryhausen classic from 1981, opened in theaters on Thursday night at 8pm. It grossed $4.2 million. Meanwhile, last week's champ, How to Train Your Dragon, which had most...

Science and Fiction at the Franklin Institute

PHILADELPHIA, PA - One of the oldest science and learning centers in the United States is still one of the best places for a field trip, with school or family. The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

Batcam: IMAX Film Used for DARK KNIGHT Theatrical Release

You know budget filmmaking? IMAX is the opposite of that: expensive equipment, expensive processing, specialized post-production, and that's *before* re-integrating your IMAX footage with the rest of the 35mm...

SMART alliance launched by Navini, Beceem, Fujitsu, Runcom

""The capacity and coverage benefits of combining Beamforming with MIMO are very compelling offering up to double the capacity with twice the coverage of non-beamformed systems," said Sai Subramanian, Navini's vice president of Product Management. "This Alliance ensures broad...

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