"We certainly cannot complain about business on this side of the ocean. Whales had an occupancy rate of 83% in January and continues to be sold out in February as well."
Elfi Neidl, Cosmos Filmtheater
"Whales is competing with Across the Sea of Time in 3D and it is selling out. The audiences really like it. We are thrilled with Whales' success!"
Dieter Buchwald, Forum der Technik
"We have sold out the theater two and a half to three hours in advance for every show since we opened last weekend. . . . This is the most successful premier we've had yet!"
Tracy Ingalls, New Mexico Museum of Natural History
"It was the best opening weekend we ever had."
Homer Foster, Louisville Science Center
"We have never had a film in this theater with such a high satisfaction level."
Mary Wicklund, Hawaii IMAX Theatre
"Whales had the largest opening reception attendance of any film or exhibit to date at Pacific Science Center. We stopped taking reservations when we reached 1,400 guests. The two opening weekends, including Martin Luther King Day, averaged 91% occupancy for eight shows per day."
Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center
"Whales opened January 10th in our theatre and has since proved its enormous attraction to the Viennese audience. This is the best month of January we have ever experienced in Vienna (and films like Africa - the Serengeti and Grand Canyon also started in that month).
"The response from the local press and TV stations was the highest ever, we literally had every day articles in the newspapers. . . . We are confident that Whales could be our best running film ever."
Gerald Peter, Cosmos Filmtheater
"Our audiences are saying this is one of the best large-format films ever made."
Robert Whittingham, The Edge - Blue Mountains Maxvision
"To have a film that deals with something of science, of conservation, . . . it's educational, there are a lot of good educational materials with it - I think it fits our mission, right on the money."
David Ellis, Museum of Science
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