Fox rebuffs costs of 3-D glasses

March 30, 2009 Like most other majors, the studio already has signed on to co-finance the rollout of digital projection systems in theaters around the world. [...] Fox has quietly begun alerting exhibitors not to expect any payments for costs associated with the use of special glasses when its 3-D pics play in digital auditoriums. With digital installation payments running into the tens of millions, the additional cost of $1 million-plus per picture to pass out glasses to 3-D patrons might seem like a simple incremental and necessary expense.

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