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IMAX THEATERS BEING RETROFITTED FOR DIGITAL 3-D Friday, December 7 2007 
IMAX
and
AMC
Entertainment
plan
to
convert
100
IMAX
theaters
into
digital
3-D
venues
at
a
cost
of
$50
million
for
the
projection
equipment
alone,
the
New
York
Times
reported
today
(Friday).
In
addition,
AMC
plans
to
retrofit
IMAX
auditoriums
in
33
cities
with
new
seating
and
larger
screens.
The
companies
noted
that
they
expect
to
recover
the
costs
by
charging
an
extra
$2-4
to
see
films
in
the
giant-screen,
3-D
auditoriums.
Bradley
Wechsler,
co-CEO
(more)ENCHANTED CHARMS BOX OFFICE Tuesday, November 27 2007 
A
traditional
Disney
movie
that
some
critics
said
seemed
to
have
been
guided
by
the
spirit
of
Walt
himself
became
a
big
hit
at
the
domestic
box
office
over
the
Thanksgiving
holiday,
according
to
final
figures
released
Monday.
Enchanted
earned
$34.4
million
over
the
weekend
and
$49
million
over
the
five-day
holiday
period,
box
office
trackers
Media
By
Numbers
said.
In
second
place
was
Sony/Screen
Gems's
This
Christmas,
which
raked
in
$17.96
million
over
the
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Blowing up conventional movies to the giant screen generated giant profits for IMAX last year as its net soared 56 percent above 2006, the company said Wednesday. Leading the pack, it said, were 300, Spider-Man 3, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Transformers, Beowulf and I Am Legend. 
