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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Tuesday
- October 23, 2001
- Monsters, Inc. Ice Cream
Promotion
- Cartoon Network
Restores Popeye
- Final Weekend Box Office
Numbers - FX & Animation Movies
- News Link of the Day
- Eisner and Jobs Overnight Enemies
Monsters,
Inc. Ice Cream Promotion
(by digitalmediafx.com) Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream is introducing
some new ice cream flavors in honor of Monsters, Inc. The two
new flavors, which are available only for a limited time, include
Monsters, Inc. Cookies & Screams and Monsters DeLight.
Cookies &
Screams features rich and creamy chocolate ice cream, monster
cookies (shaped like Mike and Sulley, two of the monsters featured
in the film), and chocolaty pieces with crispy rice. Monsters
Delight features a combination of light vanilla ice cream, raspberry
filled chocolaty monster shapes and a raspberry swirl.
The flavors
are currently available now through January 2002.
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Cartoon
Network Restores Popeye
(by digitalmediafx.com) The Cartoon Network has restored very
early versions of the Popeye cartoon series to begin reairing
beginning this coming Sunday, October 28. The series includes
some never before seen on TV Popeye theatrical shorts. The series
may have trouble finding a big audience, however, as the Cartoon
Network is airing it at the 1am time slot.
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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
|
|
Shrek
|
# 20
|
$271,870
|
5%
gain |
$266.6
Million
|
|
Atlantis:
The Lost Empire
|
# 24
|
$153,048
|
-24% |
$83.5
Million
|
| Planet
of the Apes |
#
26 |
$146,847 |
-25% |
$178.6
Million |
| Jurassic
Park 3 |
#
27 |
$137,795 |
-36% |
$180.2
Million |
|
Pearl
Harbor
|
# 34
|
$106,723
|
-42% |
$198.2
Million
|
| Cats
& Dogs |
#
35 |
$91,425 |
-25% |
$93.2
Million |
| Waking
Life |
#
37 |
$88,977 |
new |
$95,120 |
|
Dr.
Doolittle 2
|
#
50 |
$42,959
|
-35% |
$112.9
Million
|
The gain/loss
represents the movie's performance when compared to last weekend.
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News Link
of the Day - Eisner and Jobs Overnight Enemies
According to the New York Post:
"Call
it Moguls Inc. - a cartoon tale of two titans in a bitter standoff
over control of their fantasy worlds.
Walt Disney
Chairman Michael Eisner and computer titan Steve Jobs, who heads
animation hit factory Pixar, have switched from being rich partners
to overnight enemies..."
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