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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Tuesday
- October 9, 2001
- Winning Bid for Lunch with
Roy Disney: $12,100
- Playdate 2001
- October 16
- Final Weekend Box Office
Numbers
- News Link of the Day
- Is DVD Now Fairest of All?
Winning
Bid for Lunch with Roy Disney: $12,100
(by digitalmediafx.com) Someone was desperate to have lunch
with Roy Disney after a recent Disney auction promising lunch
with Disney went to $12,100. The winner, not identified by name,
was the 36th bidder for the auction and goes by the eBay name
of "lcmaje". Disney had a reserve price on the auction
that was met when bidding reached $1,000 on the first day of the
auction.
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here to read a dFX discussion on the auction or to
post your opinion.
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Playdate
2001 - October 16
(by digitalmediafx.com) One of the lesser-known toy and gaming
conventions is the Playdate show, being held this year on October
16 at Metropolitan Pavilion. 30 leading toy and game companies
will be present to unveil their latest offerings in time for the
Christmas shopping season. One of the reasons that the event is
not well known is because it is only open to media (versus media
and consumers).
"PlayDate
2001's 'sneak peek' at the hottest toys, games and licensed properties
for the holiday season promises to be fun-filled and informative,"
said Sean McGowan, co-founder of PlayDate. "For the third
year in a row, PlayDate will be early to market with the hot trends
in toys and games and predictions for the holiday season's 'Hot
Sellers'. Last year it was scooters, electronic dogs and extreme
sports and we'll find out what it will be this year at PlayDate
2001."
Some of the
companies that will be present include Acclaim, Bandai, Cranium,
DSI Toys, Fisher-Price, Hasbro, Huffy Bikes, Imagiix, Irwin Toy,
K-B Toys, K'NEX, Leapfrog, LEGO, Mattel, MGA Entertainment, Nintendo,
Playskool, Radica, Rockstar Games, Scholastic, Spin Master Toys,
Take-Two Interactive, THQ, Tiger, Toy Biz, Toymax, Toys 'R' Us,
Trendmasters, Uncle Milton, VTech, Warner Bros., Wizards of the
Coast, and Amazon.com.
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Final
Weekend Box Office Numbers - FX/Animation Movies
(by digitalmediafx.com) Final weekend box office numbers are
in and here are the results for the top animated and visual effects
movies:
|
Movie
|
Rank
|
Weekend
Total
|
Gain/Loss |
Overall
Total
|
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Shrek
|
# 20
|
$332,543
|
-28% |
$265.8
Million
|
| Jurassic
Park 3 |
#
21 |
$284,955 |
-30% |
$179.8
Million |
|
Pearl
Harbor
|
# 23
|
$226,733
|
198%
gain |
$197.7
Million
|
| Planet
of the Apes |
#
24 |
$209,748 |
-34% |
$178.1
Million |
| Cats
& Dogs |
#
28 |
$153,088 |
-22% |
$92.9
Million |
|
Dr.
Doolittle 2
|
#
39 |
$88,225
|
-37% |
$112.7
Million
|
|
Atlantis:
The Lost Empire
|
# 55
|
$35,897
|
-52% |
$83.1
Million
|
Osmosis Jones
($13.7 million) has concluded its box office run (with a few theater
exceptions).
The gain/loss
represents the movie's performance when compared to last weekend.
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News Link
of the Day - Is DVD Now Fairest of All?
According to the Orlando Sentinel:
"On Tuesday,
Walt Disney Co. will reintroduce its classic Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs -- for the 10th time in 64 years. And this time --
with its release on DVD format -- may be the biggest payday yet.
Disney hopes
consumers will scoop up the $29.99 DVD not only for the restored
picture and sound of the 84-minute, two-disc movie, but for the
eight hours of bonus material, including a documentary on the
making of the 1937 movie. Disney's most ambitious DVD to date
comes amid an unprecedented wave of high-profile digital launches
this quarter..."
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