“Ready Player One”: The North American 70mm Engagements |
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| Compiled by: Michael Coate | Date: 16.04.2023 |
 The following is a reference / historical
listing of the 70-millimeter engagements of “Ready Player One” in the United
States and Canada. “Ready Player One” was among two first-run films released in 2018 with 70mm prints for selected engagements. The Warner Bros. release — directed by Steven Spielberg (“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T.”) and starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance— opened March 29th. “Ready Player One” premiered at the Paramount in Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 11th, 2018. The 70mm prints of “Ready Player One” featured Datasat audio and letterboxed imagery (approximately 2.39:1) sourced from anamorphic 35mm. Warner Bros. circulated 70mm coming-attraction trailers for “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” and the 50th anniversary re-release of “2001: A Space Odyssey” during the release of “Ready Player One.” Where known, the duration of the engagements (measured in weeks) is included in parenthesis following the cinema name. ARIZONA Tempe — Harkins Tempe Marketplace 16 (1+) CALIFORNIA La Mesa — Grossmont Center 10 (1+) Los Angeles — ArcLight Hollywood 14 (1+) Los Angeles — ArcLight Sherman Oaks 14 (1+) Los Angeles — The Landmark 12 (1+) Oakland — Grand Lake 4 (1+) San Diego — ArcLight La Jolla 14 (1+) San Francisco — Alamo Drafthouse New Mission 5 (1+) ILLINOIS Chicago — Music Box (3) MASSACHUSETTS Somerville — Somerville 6 (1+) MINNESOTA Plymouth — Emagine Willow Creek 12 (1+) NEW YORK New York — Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn 7 (1+) New York — City Cinemas’ Village East 7 (5) New York — City Cinemas’ Cinema 1,2,3 (4) OHIO Columbus — Gateway Film Center 7 (1+) ONTARIO Toronto — Varsity 12 (1+) QUEBEC Montreal — Cinema Banque Scotia 13 (1+) TEXAS Arlington — Studio Movie Grill Highlands 9 (1+) Austin — Alamo Drafthouse Ritz Twin (1+) Dallas — Look Cinemas 11 (1+) Dallas — Studio Movie Grill Royal Lane 8 (1+) WASHINGTON Seattle — Cinerama (1+) |
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 Note that some of the presentations included in this listing may have been
presented in 35mm or DCP during the latter week(s) of engagement due to
contractual terms or print damage and the distributor’s unwillingness to
supply a 70mm replacement print or because the booking was moved to a
non-70mm-equipped auditorium within a multiplex. As well, the reverse may
have been true in some cases whereas a booking began with a 35mm print
because the lab was unable to complete the 70mm print order in time for an
opening-day delivery or the exhibitor negotiated a mid-run switch to 70mm.
In these cases, any 35mm portion of the engagement (or movement out of a
branded auditorium) has been included in the duration figure.SUBSEQUENT 70MM SCREENINGS 2019-08-30 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image 2019-08-31 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image 2019-09-07 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image 2019-09-08 … New York, NY — Museum of the Moving Image International 70mm engagements of this title have not been accounted for in this work. If you believe this article contains any errors or omissions, please consider emailing the author or editor. |
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