Regal Gets Real but What Does it Mean?

Regal Entertainment Group and RealD 3D have announced a partnership to convert some 1,500 screens to 3D. The deal, when completed, the key phrase here would bring the total number of 3D screens in the US to well over 3,000. But the deal will not take effect until the major studios and the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners come to terms. So the question is what does this all mean?