vigo
Thursday 25th February 2010 10:04pm [Edited]
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In February 2005, Arts Alliance Media was selected to roll out the UK Film Council's Digital Screen Network (DSN), a $20M contract to install and operate Europe's largest 2K digital cinema network. By March 2007, 230 of the 241 screens had been installed on schedule, with the remaining 11 to be installed later in 2007 when cinemas have completed building works or construction
Chicken Little from Disney, with its experimental release of the film in digital 3D, increased the number of projectors using the 2K format. Several digital 3D films surfaced in 2006 and several prominent filmmakers have committed to making their next productions in stereo 3D
As of March 2007, with the release of Disneys Meet the Robinsons about 600 screens have been equipped with 2K digital projectors that feature Real D Cinema's stereoscopic 3D technology, marketed under the Disney Digital 3-D brand.
In June 2007, Arts Alliance Media announced the first European commercial digital cinema VPF agreements (with Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Pictures).
UK top 10, 19-21 February
1. Avatar, £2,817,009 from 391 sites. Total: £83,265,484
2. The Princess and the Frog, £1,725,519 from 503 sites. Total: £8,873,333
3. The Lovely Bones, £1,637,579 from 420 sites (New)
4. Valentine's Day, £1,583,142 from 436 sites. Total: £7,777,154
5. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, £1,487,446 from 457 sites. Total: £5,225,096
6. The Wolfman, £774,890 from 411 sites. Total: £4,171,878
7. Solomon Kane, £611,886 from 259 sites (New)
8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, £608,154 from 397 sites. Total: £23,164,859
9. Invictus, £570,801 from 269 sites. Total: £3,655,362
10. Astro Boy, £523,215 from 418 sites. Total: £3,102,327
US FILM: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Number of UK screens on opening: 516
UK box office gross: £26 million.
BRITISH FILM: Bright Star
Number of UK screens on opening: 118
UK box office gross: £1.05 million.
UK Film Council CEO John Woodward said, "In 2009 British independent films were more popular with cinema-goers than they have been for a decade - that, together with today's news that three UK Film Council-backed films have been nominated in the BAFTA Outstanding British Film category, underlines the current strength of British filmmaking talent and the crucial importance of public investment in creative excellence."
