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NY Times: AMC Installs 100 Imax 3D Screens

Dec. 7, 2007 – Movie theater circuit AMC Entertainment will install 100 Imax big screen theaters, doubling the number of large-format 3-D screens in the U.S, reports the New York Times. AMC, which operates 5,128 screens in 30 states and five foreign territories, will retrofit 33

auditoriums in its top-grossing locations to install the 100 Imax screens. “This gives Imax a national footprint they never had before, including in the suburbs, and is great for studios looking to distribute titles in 3-D,”  Dan Fellman, president of theatrical distribution at Warner Bros. tells the newspaper.

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Note from author Robert Marich. This continues a trend of movie theatres enhancing the movie-going experience, to pry consumers from their homes. Imax screens are higher grossing, but also higher cost. Also see “DreamWorks Pacts For 3 Imax 3D Films” Nov. 15, 2007, which is also in this News/Features directory.

According to the press release: The rollout of the first 50 IMAX digital projection systems will begin in July 2008 at premier AMC theatre locations in 24 of the 33 selected markets, with an additional 25 scheduled for rollout in 2009 and 25 more in 2010. The IMAX theatres are slated to be installed in many of AMC's top-performing locations in the United States, including: AMC South Barrington 30, Chicago; AMC Mesquite 30, Dallas; AMC Gulf Pointe 30, Houston; AMC Century City 15, Los Angeles; AMC Empire 25, New York; AMC Neshaminy 24, Philadelphia; AMC Eastridge 15, San Francisco; AMC Hoffman Center 22, Washington D.C.

AMC's initial 50 IMAX digital locations will include:

MARKET

AMC THEATRE

ATLANTA

AMC Barrett Commons 24
AMC Southlake Pavilion 24

BALTIMORE

AMC Columbia Mall 14
AMC Loews White Marsh 16

BOSTON

AMC Loews Boston Common 19

CHARLOTTE

AMC Concord Mills 24

CHICAGO

AMC South Barrington 30
AMC Loews Crestwood 18

CINCINNATI

AMC Newport on the Levee 20

DALLAS

AMC Mesquite 30

DENVER

AMC Highlands Ranch 24
AMC Orchards 12
AMC Westminister Promenade 24

HOUSTON

AMC First Colony 24
AMC Gulf Pointe 30

JACKSONVILLE

AMC Orange Park 24
AMC Regency Square 24

KANSAS CITY

AMC BarryWoods 24
AMC Independence Commons 20

LOS ANGELES

AMC Burbank 16
AMC Century City 15
AMC Del Amo 18
AMC Promenade 16
AMC Puente Hills 20
AMC Santa Anita 16

MIAMI

AMC Aventura 24
AMC Sunset Place 24
 

AMC Elmwood Place 20

NEW YORK

AMC Loews 34Th Street 14
AMC Empire 25
AMC Loews Kips Bay 15
AMC Rockaway 16
AMC Loews Stony Brook 17
AMC Loews Monmouth Mall 15

NORFOLK

AMC Lynnhaven 18

ORLANDO

AMC Altamonte Mall 18

PHILADELPHIA

AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24
AMC Hamilton 24
AMC Neshaminy 24

PITTSBURG

AMC Loews Waterfront 22

SAN DIEGO

AMC Palm Promenade 24

SAN FRANCISCO

AMC Bay Street 16
AMC Eastridge 15
AMC Mercado 20

SEATTLE

AMC Loews Alderwood 16
AMC Southcenter 16

TAMPA

AMC Veterans Expressway 24

WASHINGTON D.C.

AMC Hoffman Center 22
AMC Potomac Mills 18
AMC Tysons Corner 16