I hate to say “I told you so”, but I predicted that this would be a problem months ago – too many 3D films, and not enough 3D theaters.
“Alice in Wonderland” is still going strong, “How to Train Your Dragons” is coming-out Friday and then “Clash of the Titans” will be released a week after that. And they’re all in 3D. And there just aren’t that many 3D screens to show them all.
Fortunately, the theater where I saw a screening of “Dragons” on Saturday (it’s spectacular, by the way. I’ll have my review later this week) has added a 2nd 3D screen. Hopefully that’s happening at other theaters around the country. But there still aren’t going to be enough for all the 3D films coming out this year. Heck, if “Avatar” was still showing in 3D it would be raking in a lot more money than it is right now in 2D.
Reportedly, studio are battling with theaters owners (and each other) trying to secure 3D screens for their new releases. But theaters with only 1 3D screen are going to have to move “Alice” Friday to make room for “Dragon” and then move out “Dragon” after only one week to make room for “Titans”. This is crazy.
Theater owners should have seen this coming so they would have been prepared for all these 3D films, instead of having to scramble and bump popular films because they don’t have a place to show them.