IMAX and 3D carried the concluding installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2," to record-breaking opening box-office grosses in nearly every market in the world except China, which will be joining soon. The record IMAX opening alone of $23.2 million globally ($59,000 per-screen) … [Read more...]
Transforming 3D with $181 mil.
July 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The 3D and IMAX "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," set a new 4th-of-July week box office record $181.125 million in North America since its debut last Tuesday night at 9 p.m., and , according to Hollywood.com Box Office. Records were also set for the July 4th weekend with $97.5 million Friday … [Read more...]
Pirates 3D strikes IMAX record open
May 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
IMAX scored its biggest global opening ever with the 3D "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." And 3D audiences in any format showed they preferred the first 3D "Pirates," with 94% rating the movie "highly favorable" vs. 81% for 2D, according to opening-weekend exit polls. IMAX … [Read more...]
IMAX Fast Five grosses #5 overall
May 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Universal's "Fast Five" was so strong in its opening weekend that the $8.3 million in IMAX grosses alone would have ranked the film fifth biggest of any movie. (Cast teaser for IMAX Fast Five below.) Overall, "Fast Five" grossed a whopping $83.6 mil. on the final weekend in April, the biggest … [Read more...]
Sucker sets 2D IMAX record
March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The IMAX presentation of "Sucker Punch" last weekend set a record percentage of the overall sales for a 2D movie. IMAX Corporationtoday announced that its release of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Sucker Punch," grossed $4 million on 229 domestic IMAX screens, or 21% of the movie's overall $19 million … [Read more...]
IMAX pushes Number Four to #2
February 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IMAX presentations of DreamWorks' "I Am Number Four" accounted for a very strong 13% of the film's $19.5 mil. in opening weekend box office grosses, pushing the movie distributed by Disney to a strong second place finish, not far behind Warner Bros.' thriller "Unknown." IMAX was responsible for … [Read more...]
Four more IMAX theaters in China
February 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Four new digital IMAX theater systems will be installed in the People's Republic of China as the result of an agreement with Jiangsu Eudemonia Blue Ocean Cinema Development Co., Ltd. Blue Ocean will build an IMAX digital theatre system into Suzhou Xinsu Tiandi International's Cineplex at Xinsu … [Read more...]
“Sanctum” surfaces 2nd with $9.2 mil.
February 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Universal's "Sanctum," whose executive producer (James Cameron) is the only recognizable name on or off screen, dove into the dark cave of Super Bowl weekend and managed to survive with a decent $9.2 million in box office gross. The action adventure that benefited from IMAX and 3D premiums, swam to … [Read more...]
Tangled goes IMAX 3D in Asia
February 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IMAX is getting Tangled up with the Disney 3D animated movie in Asia. "Tangled" will be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in IMAX Corp theaters next month (February) in Korea, the Philippines, Japan and Thailand, with other Asian countries to follow soon thereafter. "One of the … [Read more...]
IMAX 4-day jump w/ Tron Legacy in France
February 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IMAX is getting an exclusive four-day jump on the exhibition of Disney's "Tron: Legacy" in France this week prior to the nationwide release of the film on Feb. 9. The movie will open Feb. 5 and continue play in France's five commercial IMAX theatres for the duration of the nationwide run in … [Read more...]
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