The feature-length adaptation of Tim Burton's 1984 live-action student film "Frankenweenie" just became a very big deal, and a production that will have a lot more depth than the original. IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios today announced that Burton's stop-motion, animated … [Read more...]
007′s 50th Anniversary on IMAX
February 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
James Bond's 50th anniversary return to the big screen this fall will be on the biggest screens of all. "Skyfall" will be the first 007 movie ever released in IMAX theaters, it was announced today by IMAX Corp., Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures … [Read more...]
M:I 4 sets $46 mil. IMAX Protocol
January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
"Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol" has grossed $46.1 million in IMAX theatres worldwide through Monday, Jan. 2, since the film got a five-day jump on traditional theaters. IMAX Corp. and Paramount Pictures today announced that the film has generated approximately $33.1 mil. domestically and … [Read more...]
Record opening for IMAX “M:I Ghost”
December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IMAX enjoyed a record December opening weekend of $11 mil. with nearly exclusive showings of Paramount's “Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol” in 300 IMAX theaters. That's a per-screen average of $37,000 per theater, no doubt helped by an exclusive world premiere six-minute teaser intro … [Read more...]
Real Steel real deal at IMAX
October 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
"Real Steel" may be susceptible to criticisms of a sappy story that borrows from every Rocky-type movie from "Karate Kid," "The Champ," and "Iron Giant," to several installments in the Rocky series itself, but that didn't make the formula any less appealing to a new generation of young boys and … [Read more...]
John Carter goes to IMAX March 9
August 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Disney's highly-anticipated action-adventure 3D movie "John Carter" will open simultaneously in IMAX theaters with others in March 9, IMAX Corporation and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures announced today (Aug. 8). Academy(R) Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton is directing the movie based … [Read more...]
Potter goes to China via IMAX 3D
August 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" will be released nationwide in China tomorrow, Aug. 4, in 26 IMAX 3D theaters, it was announced today by IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures. Since its launch in the rest of the world on July 13, "Deathly Hallows - Part 2" has grossed $51.5 … [Read more...]
Captain rules west; Transformers IMAX east
July 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Paramount’s "Captain America: The First Avenger" became the third 3D movie in a row to dominate the domestic box-office with an opening of $65.8 million topping the second week of last weekend's record-setting "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" from Warner Bros., which had a soft … [Read more...]
Soderbergh’s “Contagion” to IMAX 9/9
July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Director Steven Soderbergh's thriller "Contagion" from Warner Bros. Pictures will be released in IMAX theaters simultaneously worldwide on September 9, IMAX announced today. "Contagion" follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, … [Read more...]
Transformers 3D in record IMAX China
July 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IMAX Corp. will release Paramount Pictures' "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" in 3D on the most IMAX screens in China ever (31) on Thursday (July 21). The movie has grossed $41.1 million globally in IMAX theatres in other countries. IMAX China is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMAX Corp and is … [Read more...]
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