SilverWook said:

The day a major movie release has no 35mm prints struck at all will truly be the end of an era.

the decline has been ongoing for quite some time now..

last year was a major drop for films..

fox has been talking about dropping 35mm for

awhile now:

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http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/technology/e3i9d8bb28649c6da4d1d61f39d3e90700a

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2011/12/thinking-about-the-end-of-film/

http://reservoirwatchdogs.com/2011/08/09/the-end-of-35mm-prints-and-tarantinos-career/

an interesting observation:

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Once enough territories in a region switch off 35mm as a format, the studios especially will be looking to end 35mm on a regional basis. For example, the big five countries in Western Europe account for 81 percent of total prints in the market, and once each of those countries has converted over 80 percent of their screens to digital, the pressure will be on to end 35mm as a format across the entire region. In the U.S., there will be no 35mm in mainstream use from the end of 2013. For Western Europe, this may extend out to the end of 2014, given the large number of countries and the possibility of public support. The rest of the world will then be under some pressure to follow suit. I see the last of 35mm in mainstream usage by the end of 2015—that is, around four years from now.

later

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