The Dark Knight made a box-office record, becoming the quickest film to domestically gross more than $200 million. Thomson S.A. (NYSE:TMS), a global leading provider of solutions for the creation, management, delivery and access of video for the communication, media and entertainment (CME) industries, played its part in providing key services for the film.
The company’s Technicolor Services division provided a full range of laboratory and digital services to the top 10 films driving the North American box office, including the Dark Knight, Mamma Mia! and Space Chimps.
“We are honored to have contributed to the films that produced the remarkable results from last weekend’s North American and International theatrical box office,” Lanny Raimondo, head of Thomson’s Services division stated in a press release. “These results once again establish the power of filmed entertainment to capture the attention of moviegoers everywhere, supported by our best-in-class service offerings.”
Thomas’ Technicolor Services division provided creative and technical services for front-end negative processing and dailies, digital intermediates, theatrical release printing and digital cinema services. The company’s combination of industry-leading technologies and systems and services delivers end-to-end solutions based on its broad portfolio of intellectual properties. The company’s client list consists of studios, broadcasters, network operators (telcos, broadband satellite and cable operators) and a growing number of professional users of videos.
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