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[New York Post – excerpts]

… Tinseltown’s [summer] take will hit $3.9 billion, up 6 percent from a year ago, in the May-to-August period, according to Boxofficemojo.com. …

Indeed, two of the summer’s surprise hits were May releases that were 2D: “The Hangover 2” and “Bridesmaids.”

That doesn’t mean there isn’t big demand for the right 3D movies. Last weekend’s “Final Destination 5” opened with a 75 percent 3D take.

Still to come are “Conan the Barbarian 3D,” which opens tomorrow, while Relativity’s “Shark Night 3D” arrives Sept. 2.

Meanwhile, the year-to-date box office gross through Aug. 14 is still down 3 percent to $6.72 billion.

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