GiantScreenBIZ.com To Launch A New Professional Web-Based Information Service For The Large Format Film Industry And IMAXÆ Theatres

2-Feb-01

GiantScreenBIZ.com will launch on February 5, 2001 a new professional business information Web site for all those involved in the large format motion picture industry.GiantScreenBIZ.com is a unique electronic platform, which provides producers, distributors and exhibitors with an invaluable online access to the most exhaustive database and search engine for information, statistics and box office charts about the giant screen film marketplace.""Large format cinema is currently expanding quickly and internationally, and faces new challenges including the digital question and a more efficient business model. We are proud to bring a one-stop communications network for those working with the large format film community"" said Oliver Claret, Managing Director of GiantScreenBIZ.com. ""We believe this industry needs dynamic information and statistics. Through GiantScreenBIZ.com, we will deliver an independent Web site with the most up-to-date and complete information available on Giant Screen Theatres Network and the related industry"".Large format cinema attendance for 2000 is at the 80 million mark for 328 theatres worldwide (including 220 IMAXÆ theatres in operation). In terms of system openings, 2000 was one of the strongest years yet with 42 new giant screen theatres. The sales backlog for Iwerks Inc., Megasystems and Imax Corporation outnumber 90 new systems, to be delivered within the next three years.Thirteen large format films were newly distributed, including such major hits as ""Fantasia 2000"" (Disney), ""Michael Jordan To The Max"" (Giant Screen Sports), ""Dolphins"" (MacGillivray Freeman Films), ""Cirque du Soleil: Journey Of Man"" (Sony Pictures Classics) and ""Cyberworld"" (Imax Ltd). A record 18 new films is scheduled to be released in 2001, including ""All Access"" (Imax Ltd.), ""The Endurance: Shackleton's Expedition"" (Nova/WGBH), ""China, The Panda Adventure"" (Imax Ltd.) and ""Haunted Castle"" (NíWave).GiantScreenBIZ.com is the first Web site of its kind to be solely devoted to the business of large format cinema. It provides members with such services as a unique search engine for large format films and giant screen theatres, daily business reports and over 30 statistical graphs, company and people fact files, weekly box office records for large format films, industry e-links for major players in the business and, for your personal use, a message board and job board. Also, in the coming weeks, users can expect to see more additions to the Web site.GiantScreenBIZ.com is located in Mountain View, California and Paris, France. A team of regular contributors has been assembled, with Web managers Julien Bollee, News Editor, Majella Crennan, Marketing and Communications Manager and Alexandra Body, CRM Manager. For more information about GiantScreenBIZ.com, visit the Web site at www.giantscreenbiz.com.

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