Montreal: Industry exhibition and distribution consultant Alex Film has launched a website service featuring up-to-date, bi-weekly box-office reports from 700 screens across Quebec. President Carole Boudreault says efforts are underway to create an identical on-line service for the English-Canadian theatrical market.

The information (on alexfilms.com) is available in both French and English, says Boudreault.

Alexfilms.com includes twice weekly, subscriber-only box-office reports, along with a slew of non-charge features including a current top-10 box-office listing, a cine-news section reporting current and upcoming distributor releases; hyperlinks to movie press reviews, an all-time top-grossing feature; information on the upcoming weekend release slate and a complete repertory listing of existing theatrical venues. An industry Who’s Who is still under construction. Information on special distributor promotions is also planned.

‘We update the site every Thursday with new information on the Friday releases,’ says Boudreault, adding that the full box-office reports are currently sent out by fax and/or e-mail, but will be available to online subscribers later in September.

The box-office reports are delivered on Mondays, for the weekend take, and on Fridays, for the full week. The annual cost for the premium subscriber services is $350 plus taxes. *

(www.alexfilms.com)