[Chicago Tribune]

… at the Gabelli Movie & Broadcasting conference in New York on Thursday. …

… Paying for 3D glasses is also a bone of contention. Studios pay for them now, but Sony Pictures, for one, has said it wants to stop. Exhibs, however, don’t plan on shouldering the cost.

Michael Lewis, CEO of RealD, which makes 3D glasses — 400 million pairs a year — said the two sides will work it out. Studios and exhibitors are “tied at the hip, and there is a lot of money to be made,” he said.

Many execs said the studios should make fewer, higher-quality 3D movies.  …

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