I'm very pleased the first big commercial attempt at this had the words "Angelina Jolie" and "naked" in the synopsis. <s> I went to a 5pm show the day it opened and it was packed. I hope that's a good sign ( not even Imax, just a great theater with 3d )
Opening weekend was 28 million and only 20% of the theaters had 3d ( they did 40% of the gross )
I'll bet the numbers go up and the percentage of 3d gross goes up as well.
I think people who didn't see it in 3d may go back to see it again in 3d.
>At a minimum, the Box office sales for Beowulf will nudge the studios to produce more in 3D over the coming yrs. I saw some statement that pointed to the very large percentage of ticket sales that came specifically from IMAX presentations. And Hollywood is very much a copycat industry.
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>>>I watched at in the IMAX cinema, and it was gorgeous even thou I was in first row (it was a pre-screening last week) The glasses are so good you completely forget about them. Of course, if it was not for the 3D, the movie was not very good
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>>I agree. In 2d you would have to be a fan of that kind of thing. But seeing the 3D was so much fun I would have watched pretty much anything.
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>>Surely somebody will start producing this kind of stuff for home theater, at least on DVD ( will be amazed if porn producers aren't the first )
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