Europe has more 3D cinema screens available than the U.S

AMSTERDAM — Surging regional interest in 3D cinema has triggered a rapid pickup in the conversion of theaters to digital-projection systems, producing an estimated 5,500 European digital screens by midyear.

“Almost all of the growth in Europe has been driven by 3D,” Paramount exec vp distribution Mark Christiansen said Tuesday. “In the past year, Europe has surpassed the U.S. in the number of 3D screens available.”

More than 75% of Europe’s digital screens had been outfitted for 3D by the end of the first quarter, which featured a 16% uptick in the digital conversion rate, Screen Digest analyst David Hancock told an audience of exhibitors at a Cinema Expo seminar on d-cinema.

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