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San Francisco Chronicle
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
How S.F.'s Dolby Cinema helped ‘Jurassic World Rebirth' roar to $147 million opening
The Fourth of July weekend was a roaring success for Dolby Cinemas. The San Francisco-based Premium Large Format movie company, a division of Dolby Laboratories, reported on Monday, July 7 that it had its best-ever Independence Day weekend thanks to the box-office dominance of ' Jurassic World Rebirth.' The seventh entry in the venerable dinosaur franchise played on all 167 domestic Dolby Cinema screens, pulling in $4.6 million over the three-day holiday weekend and nearly $8 million over the five days since the movie premiered on Wednesday, July 2, for the company, a Dolby Cinemas spokesperson told the Chronicle. 'The spectacular performance of 'Jurassic World Rebirth' at Dolby Cinema demonstrates that moviegoers continue to seek premium experiences for tentpole films,' said Jed Harmsen, Dolby's head of cinema and group entertainment, in a statement. Dolby's previous July 4th weekend record came in 2019, when ' Spider-Man: Far From Home ' drew in $3 million over the traditional weekend. 'Jurassic World Rebirth' pulled in a North American total of $91.5 million over the traditional weekend and $147.3 million over its first five days. Those figures highlight the fact that Dolby screenings, which feature Dolby Vision ultra-vivid picture quality and Dolby Atmos immersive sound, accounted for 5% of the films box office revenue while playing in just 1.8% of total screens. This translates to a per-screen average of about $47,000 for Dolby, surpassing other Premium Large Format experiences such as IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. Dolby has a partnership with AMC Theatres, with Dolby Cinema featured in several local venues including the AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco. Dolby was founded in London in 1965 by Bay Area-raised engineer Ray Dolby, who developed a revolutionary noise reduction system first used in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 masterpiece 'A Clockwork Orange.' Dolby, who died in 2013 at age 80, moved the company to San Francisco in 1976.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
A new restoration of Prince's 'Purple Rain' heads to theaters for one night only
Purple Rain may have hit its 40th anniversary in 2024, but the world needs no occasion to celebrate and revel in Prince's music. Dolby and AMC Theatres have announced that Purple Rain is heading back to screens for a one-night-only stint at a handful of theaters around the country on March 5. In the Twin Cities, it'll play at AMC Rosedale and AMC Southdale. The icon's hit 1984 film will be re-released in Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos immersive audio exclusively in Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres locations. The re-release is a digital restoration from an 8K scan of the original 35mm stock, according to an announcement. It also had its audio restored from original Dolby Stereo tracks and remastered with the 20th anniversary 5.1 multi-channel mix master. For most fans, it probably just means Purple Rain is back in theaters, and it should look and sound pretty great. Though, a screening of it in Downtown Minneapolis last year did receive a whole lot of praise from devotees. ''Purple Rain' reimagined in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for Dolby Cinema is a celebration of Prince's genius and enduring legacy,' Jed Harmsen, Head of Cinema and Group Entertainment at Dolby, said in an official statement. 'Devoted and new fans alike prepare to be exhilarated by an unforgettable and unparalleled performance from one of music's greatest of all time.' Prince's return to the big screen will be a well-timed reprieve from the cold, even if spring is on the horizon, because, you know, sometimes it snows in April. Tickets for the screening are on sale now.
