Marvel’s Ant-Man led the box-office this weekend with 42% of the film’s estimated $58 million domestic opening weekend gross coming from all available 3D platforms. In a rare feat, RealD Inc. (NYSE: RLD) announced today that 4 of the top 5 films this weekend were 3D titles.
The strong opening of Marvel’s Ant-Man marks the 6th film in recent weeks to open with more than 40% of its opening weekend gross coming from 3D ticket sales. Recent openings have included Jurassic World (48% 3D), Mad Max Fury Road (41% 3D), San Andreas (44% 3D), Terminator Genisys (47% 3D), and Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (42% 3D).
This also marks the 9th time in the last 12 weeks that a 3D title has been #1 in the marketplace.
On Ant-Man, RealD 3D equipped theaters generated an estimated $16 million of which $3.3 million was from RealD 3D equipped PLF auditoriums
“It has been a fantastic summer for the 3D format and for companies like RealD said Anthony Marcoly, president of worldwide cinema for RealD. “The remainder of the year has a very promising slate of programming, including Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Fall season event titles like Everest, The Walk, Pan and The Martian, among others.”
The world’s most widely used 3D cinema technology, RealD 3D is installed in more than 27,000 auditoriums by approximately 1,200 exhibitors in 72 countries around the world.
