Fox won't yield to U.K. exhib protest

February 02, 2007 20th Century Fox on Thursday said it has no plans to lengthen the window between theatrical and DVD release for "Night at the Museum" despite a decision by the major U.K. exhibition chains to pull the picture from theaters. The major U.K. theater operators, including Odeon and Vue, while remaining tight-lipped officially, have united in a show of strength against 20th Century Fox's decision to shorten the release window for the Ben Stiller comedy. Both are pulling the picture from theaters in the wake of Fox's decision to collapse release windows to just 13 weeks between the movie's theatrical run and its proposed DVD release.

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