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Fantasia/2000 Smashes IMAX Records

Fantasia/2000 Smashes House Records at IMAX Theaters Worldwide in Its Opening Weekend

Film's Two-Day Domestic Tally Is an Unprecedented $2.2 Million

Following its phenomenally successful sold-out "World Premiere Tour," Walt Disney Pictures' animated extravaganza Fantasia/2000 made box-office history over the New Year's holiday weekend (January 1 and 2, 2000) with its two-day record-breaking opening at 75 IMAX theaters around the world.

The film, which officially opened on New Year's Day, set new records at every domestic IMAX venue and tallied an unprecedented two-day gross of $2,239,941 -- a $41,481 average per screen -- at 54 U.S. and Canadian theaters. That figure represents the best gross ever for an IMAX engagement and surpasses the highest weekly total for any previous IMAX offering.

Though the final results aren't in, International grosses for Fantasia/2000 are expected to be equally impressive.

Commenting on the announcement, by Richard Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, said: "We are enormously proud of Fantasia/2000 and gratified by the overwhelming response it is getting at IMAX theaters all over the world. The film received spectacular receptions during its live concert performances in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Los Angeles, and now moviegoers have an opportunity to experience this incredible film in an exciting new way on the giant IMAX screens."

Cook went on to say "Roy Disney has led a brilliant group of filmmakers in creating `Fantasia/2000,' and it represents an important new milestone in our studio's continuing legacy as an animation pioneer."

Fantasia/2000 is set to run exclusively at IMAX theaters through April 30, 2000. Among the locations currently playing the film is an elaborate 622-seat IMAX theater in Los Angeles, which Disney has constructed specifically for this engagement. In its opening weekend, all performances were sold out at that venue.

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-- Posted January 4, 2000

Source: Company Press Release

 

 

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