The advanced ticket sales for
Disney's IMAX release of FANTASIA/2000 have already seen strong numbers. In
Reuters Magazine, Brian Weisfeld, senior vice president of operations for
Toronto-based IMAX Corp., said advanced ticket sales were as high as
$80,000 in some IMAX-operated theaters versus a more normal $4,000. IMAX,
the owner and franchiser of more than 180 IMAX theaters worldwide, hopes
that FANTASIA/2000 will attract other major films to their eight story
screens. Travis Reed, president of Loews Cineplex Entertainment U.S., said
the three IMAX theaters it operates under a franchise with IMAX, were also
seeing gigantic advance ticket sales such as in New York, which brought in
$225,000, San Francisco, which brought in $100,000, and Chicago which
brought in $70,000. The animated wonders of FANTASIA/2000 are already
intriguing ticket-buyers, hopefully the highly-anticipated flick will draw
other Hollywood spectacles to IMAX screens, which generally only see the
likes of nature and science films.
Read more about the new FANTASIA/2000 in the following articles:
In "Fantasia 2000: Millennium Magic For A New Generation," Laura Schiff
describes the delights that are awaiting us in the new year as she outlines
the sequences, actors and artistic talent behind Fantasia/2000.
As Fantasia/2000's premiere date approaches, J.B. Kaufman finds
Fantasia's roots and reveals Disney's hopes for their second chance at
awakening Walt's dream in "A New Life For Fantasia."
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
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