Did you ever notice how most IMAX movies are also Warner Bros movies? Well, they are. In a quest to create ‘premium cinematic entertainment’ Warner and IMAX bundled their forced in 2003. Since then, Warner has released 16 titles in IMAX theaters, with a lot more to come. The counter currently stands at a respectable $400 million in IMAX tickets.

“Warner Bros. Pictures has been instrumental in bringing The IMAX Experience into mainstream,” said the President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “They were the first studio to release a feature film in IMAX 3D, the first studio to release a live action film that had been converted into 3D, and they introduced the world to a whole new brand of original IMAX 3D programming that is both educational and entertaining.”

With the blockbuster season coming up, Warner has been busy getting their IMAX movies ready again. This summer, you’ll be able to catch ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘The Dark Knight’ at a bigger screen with bigger sound. And the new Harry Potter movies are already sure to get a big IMAX sister too.

If you are an aspiring scriptwriter, you might want to check this. Tecyhlon, an independent film production company, is asking screen writers for ‘The Sacred Script.’ What’s the catch? None, only you getting $1.2 million to make it. No, there’s not even a submission fee — this is starting to sound like I’m selling you something.

All you have to do is submit 1000-word synopsis at www.thesacredscript.com. Three stories will be chosen and posted (as a small script) on their site to vote on — I wonder if that’s going to be hack-proof.

The cash will be shelled out by Quadritex, a nano-technology company that funds many other projects to ‘produce economic, social and environmental benefits.’ A ‘breakthrough’ nano-optical film camera will be used to shoot the movie. And when the movie is making money, it will be split 50/50 with the scriptwriter.

Something isn’t right here, I can just feel it. Just read the FAQ and check their sites. Like they say they are getting 1000 submission per day, while they just sent out a Press Release. To be continued I guess.

Forbidden Kingdom: $27,025,134 ($70 million budget)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: $24,062,895 ($30 million budget)
Prom Night: $10,251,048 ($20 million budget, second week)

Every week we take a look at how the top three movies did at the box office, from Friday to Thursday. This week clearly started with the domination of ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ in the weekend. ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ however, slowly took over and is definitely showing more legs. It’s expected to have another good weekend, since its only competition is ‘Baby Mama,’ mainly targeted at a younger audience.

‘88 Minutes’ with Al Pacino didn’t manage to make the third spot, bringing in just $9 million behind ‘Prom Night.’ The horror had another good week, making half of what it did the week before, where maybe a bigger drop was expected. This week it still made over 50% of its budget.

‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ had the best budget/box office ratio, bringing in 80% of its budget. ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ managed to only take a little under 40%, but it’s less dependent on the US market, releasing in Hong Kong this week.