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30 Dec 2011 15:30 Africa/Lagos Career First for Brad Pitt: Top Money-Making Star of 2011 GROTON, Mass., Dec. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Brad Pitt has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2011 in Quigley Publishing Company's 80th Annual Poll of Motion Picture Exhibitors. This is Pitt's sixth appearance in the Poll, but his first win. Exhibitors felt Pitt was responsible for more traffic to theatres than any other Hollywood star based on his performances this year in "Moneyball," "The Tree of Life" and "Happy Feet Two." (voice) The Quigley Poll, conducted each year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture theatre owners and film buyers, which asks them to vote for the ten stars that they believe generated the most box-office revenue for their theatres during the year. It has been long regarded as one of the most reliable indicators of a Star's real box-office draw because the selections are made by professionals whose livelihood depen...

14 Nov 2011 13:30 Africa/Lagos Happy Feet Two Dances Onto IMAX® Screens This Friday IMAX® 3D Release of Highly Anticipated Sequel to Happy Feet Opens in More Than 377 IMAX Theatres PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Happy Feet Two, the sequel to the animated hit Happy Feet, will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format this Friday, November 18. The film will open in 293 IMAX® theatres domestically, simultaneously with the film's wide North American release. The movie will also open in 84 IMAX theatres internationally, 6 of which will open this Friday, with the additional runs debuting over the following weeks. More international theatres will be added as pending bookings are confirmed. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111107/MM01969LOGO ) Happy Feet Two: An IMAX 3D Experience has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image...