Nearly half of the $55 million opening weekend box-office came from 3D admissions, with 42% of all 3D revenue coming from theaters using the RealD format, according to an announcement today (Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015) by RealD Inc.
Meanwhile, last weekend’s box-office champ, “Hotel Translyvania 2,” also in 3D, scared up another $33 mil. this weekend to run its domestic total to $90.5 mil.
“Everest,” which opened exclusively in IMAX 3D for a week a couple weeks ago, collected another $5.5 mil. running its cumulative total to $33.8 mil.
“The Walk,” exclusively in IMAX 3D this week before going wide next weekend, grossed $1.55 mil. in domestic IMAX theaters.
As for “The Martian,” RealD announced today that 46% of the grosses came from all 3D theaters and that the 42% of that figure coming from RealD represents a high point for RealD this year. IMAX is not showing “The Martian” as its theaters are committed to “The Walk.”
During the summer, eight 3D releases captured more than 40% of their opening weekend gross in 3D dollars, including “Jurassic World” (48%), Terminator: Genisys (45%), San Andreas (44%) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (42%), among others.
Upcoming this Fall and into the holiday period, RealD 3D movies include “The Walk,” “Pan,” “The Peanuts Movie,” “Good Dinosaur,” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” among others.
— By Scott Hettrick