MUMBAI: According to preliminary data from Adams Media Research, Blu-ray movie sales in 2009 generated revenues of $1.1 billion, up nearly 100% from the previous year. 12.6% of the money from disc sales in...
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POW! Entertainment expands ties with Disney
MUMBAI: POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment Inc, led by comic book and motion picture icon Stan Lee, is deepening its ties with The Walt Disney Company. "Enhancing our relationship with one of the...
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Sandra Bullock ranks as top money-making star of 2009
Sandra Bullock has been voted as the top money-making star of 2009 in Quigley Publishing Company's poll & is the first female to win since Julia Roberts in 1999....
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IMAX achieves $100 million box office milestone in Q4 2009
IMAX Achieves $100 million box office milestone in the fourth quarter that ended 31 December, 2009, which is an 225% increase over last year's Q4 box office....
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Avatar breaks more records in IMAX
MUMBAI: James Cameron’s Avatar continued its record-breaking box office run over its third weekend, grossing approximately $8.7 million from 179 IMAX theatres domestically from 1 January through 3 January, 2010. The film registered more...
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Samsung and RealD to bring 3D experience to the home
MUMBAI: RealD and Samsung Electronics will soon be bringing 3D experience to the home. RealD’s 3D technology will be integrated into Samsung’s line-up of 3D TVs. Samsung will support the proprietary stereoscopic RealD Format...
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Film Movement announces theatrical day-and-date iTunes Indie movie release
MUMBAI: Film Movement has announced a theatrical day-and-date iTunes Indie movie release. Documentary film MINE, distributed by Film Movement, will be released in theaters nationwide kicking off with its San Francisco theatrical premiere concurrent...
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Avatar crosses $1 billion mark worldwide
MUMBAI: Avatar crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office after three weekends in release, making it the fourth-biggest movie of all time. James Cameron’s epic action adventure earned $1.02 billion,...
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2012 Blu-ray to release in March
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the film 2012 on Blu-ray in March 2010. 2012 will release in two editions: a single-disc release and a two-disc special edition (exclusive to Blu-ray) with over...
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Redbox rents two million DVDs on New Year’s Eve
MUMBAI: Redbox rented more than two million DVDs on New Year’s Eve surpassing the company’s previous one day rental record by more than one-hundred-seventy-thousand rentals. District 9, G-Force, Paranormal Activity and Julie & Julia...
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