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I don't remember the print being that wide at 2.76 - was the 70mm prints reframmed to the more common 2.20 aspect ratio?
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No, the 70mm print made was an Ultra-Panavision 70 print (standard 2.20 70mm print with an added 1.25 squeeze to it - actually added at the time of shooting and a part of the negative). For this reason an original UP70 lens was sent out on bookings that attached to the theatre's prime lens for 70mm. However, if the theatre used their normal 70mm lens as the prime, it would mean the image would keep the same top and bottom size, meaning the theatre would have to crop the sides once they ran out of screen width. In order to show the entire 2.76 image (as they did at the L.A. showing at the Dome and I believe at the subsequent showings at the American Cinemateche), gthe theatre would have to get another prime lens that projected a smaller image on the screen.