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...fondly beloved sister, quiet Queen Maude of Norway; his pushing, unwelcome cousin, Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania; his sorrowful, most welcome cousin, ex-Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, and her profligate, haemophilic offspring, the former Crown Prince, Don Alfonso. He will sail direct from the Jubilee for Hollywood on the maiden voyage of La Normandie, or so he was saying last week in Paris night clubs...
IMAX is pitching its wares to multiplex theaters and Hollywood...
...Hollywood Entertainment is up for grabs, a Web surfer for your pocket, a new book on executive pay and more...
...While the regular film didn't do as well as expected on its opening weekend, the 3-D version set a record for IMAX, pulling in an average $35,600 per screen--roughly six times as much as conventional theaters. Armed with those numbers, IMAX hopes it can convince Hollywood and theater operators that IMAX movies can draw big crowds at premium prices. For an industry stung by a 4% drop in attendance last year and probably steeper drops this year, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co., it may be a compelling sales pitch. "We're ready...
Well, maybe. Until recently, IMAX was not exactly what you would call Hollywood hip. Founded in 1967, the Ontario-based entertainment company was known for its eight-story-tall screens in museums and its educational films on such subjects as dolphins and space--some in 3-D. Cool? Definitely. Profitable? Not very, especially considering the $8 million cost of an IMAX theater. But over the past 21 months, IMAX has introduced a new technology that allows multiplex operators to retrofit existing theaters for about $1.6 million. The company also developed a way to digitally convert films to its giant-screen...