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DISNEY ADS COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU
Thursday, February 21 2008
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Disney plans to begin pitching its DVDs aimed at kids as part of the ad clusters screened in movie houses showing G- and PG-rated films. The company announced Wednesday that it has signed a deal with National CineMedia's FirstLook, which delivers ads to theaters owned by such chains as AMC, Cinemark, and Regal in 164 markets. Disney President Bob Chapek said in a statement that the deal gives his company "an opportunity to showcase Disney Home Entertainment content to families in the perfect entertainment environment."
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DISNEY-DALI COLLABORATION COMING TO DVD
Thursday, February 21 2008
The
Walt
Disney
Co.
plans
to
release
Destino,
a
film
that
began
as
a
1946
collaboration
between
Disney
and
surrealist
Salvador
Dali
and
completed
in
2003
under
the
supervision
of
Walt's
nephew,
Roy
E.
Disney.
Disney
said
that
it
expects
to
release
the
film
as
part
of
a
two-disc
"Walt
Disney
Treasures"
set
on
November
11,
2008.
The
set
will
also
include
a
feature-length
documentary
describing
how
the
partnership
between
Disney
and
Dali
developed.
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FINAL HOLIDAY BOX-OFFICE FIGURES RELEASED
Wednesday, February 20 2008
The
top
ten
films
over
the
four-day
Presidents
Day
holiday,
according
to
final
figures
compiled
by
Media
by
Numbers
(figures
in
parentheses
represent
total
gross
to
date):
1.
Jumper,
20th
Century
Fox,
$32,092,991,
one
week,
($38,718,006);
2.
The
Spiderwick
Chronicles,
Paramount,
$24,740,537,
one
wk.
($27,116,417);
3.
Step
Up
2
the
Streets,
Disney,
$22,125,429,
one
wk.
($28,725,889);
4.
Fool's
Gold,
Warner
Bros.,
$14,885,386,
two
wks.,
($43,810,073);
5.
Definitely,
Maybe,
Universal,
$11,472,255,
one
wk.
($14,591,460);
6.
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