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Seven months ago in the pre-”Avatar” world, no one would have imagined this weekend, when, for several hours on Saturday and Sunday, five of the entertainment and sports industries’ biggest events would be playing in 3D simultaneously on TVs and in theaters.

Scott Hettrick

As the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was being played live in select theaters and on ESPN 3D Sunday and the third place match on Saturday, the first-ever Major League Baseball games in 3DTV were being broadcast — the Yankees in Seattle — and an unprecedented three major movies from three different studios were showing in theaters.

Those three theatrical films were not just showing in theaters, they accounted for three of the top five spots and $100 million over the post holiday weekend July 9-11.

via Unprecedented simultaneous 3D: World Cup, 3 top 5 movies | Hollywood in HiDef.