Much of the broadcasting equipment will be moved from one location to the other — "cameras, monitors, boxes, people," Mr. Bohrman said, "in secure convoys all night long" — in time for the network's morning shows, which will begin at 5 a.m. the next day.
For 11 years he clipped stories about the dry-cleaning business, dreaming of a way to sew a bar-coded tag inside clothes in order to track them the way FedEx monitors boxes.
"Thanksgiving is the perfect time for family films," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which monitors box-office totals.
"That's huge; it's amazing," said Paul Dergarabedian, chairman of Exhibitor Relations, a Los Angeles company that monitors box-office performance.
Exhibitor Relations, a Los Angeles-based company that monitors box-office business, estimates that $8.35 billion was spent on movie tickets in 2001, beating last year's record of $7.7 billion.
"No apology needs to be made for this opening at all," said Paul Dergarabedian, chairman of Exhibitor Relations, a Los Angeles-based company that monitors box office returns.
"It was a marathon runner, not a sprinter," said Paul Dergarabedian, chairman of Exhibitor Relations, a Los Angeles-based company that monitors box office returns.
"Maybe this was the movie that was the exception to the rule," said Paul Dergarabedian, chairman of Exhibitor Relations, which monitors box-office performance.
"Overall the box office is up for the first time in three weeks, and that's good," said Paul Dergarabedian, chairman of Exhibitor Relations, a Los Angeles company that monitors box-office performance.
"The fact that we're even comparing 'Titanic' to 'Greek Wedding' shows you how astonishing this film's box-office performance has been," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which monitors box-office revenue.
"This was certainly not a normal Columbus Day weekend at the box office," said Paul Dergarabedian, chairman of Exhibitor Relations, a company based in Los Angeles that monitors box-office receipts.
