IMAX Corp. will ring the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange Feb. 11 as the company starts transfering its common stock from the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) to NYSE that day under its current ticker symbol "IMAX." The Company's trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, under the … [Read more...]
No pyramid scheme: IMAX in Egypt
January 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
First the pyramids, now an IMAX theater in Egypt. IMAX Corp. announced Tuesday (Jan. 25) that the company has signed an agreement with the leading Egyptian film company Misr International Films, created in 1972 by world renowned Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, to install the first commercial … [Read more...]
$50 mil. from Tron: Legacy in IMAX 3D
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
"Tron: Legacy" has created an IMAX legacy with $51.4 mil. in global revenue from IMAX theaters worldwide, it was announced today by Imax Corp. and The Walt Disney Company. That's represents more than 15% of the film's total boxoffice of $328.8 mil. so far and IMAX is still rolling the movie out … [Read more...]
IMAX gets Tintin, Transformers, M:I 4, Super 8
January 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
IMAX will present four of Paramount Pictures biggest releases this year: "Super 8" (June 8), "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" (Dec. 16), "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (July 1), and "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" (Dec. 28) the latter two in 3D. Sony Pictures … [Read more...]
IMAX doubles box office in 2010
January 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IMAX Corp. more than than doubled its previous best year of global box office receipts with a record $546 million in 2010 from its DMR system (Digital Media Remastering) of converting conventional movies for its proprietary large screen format, the company announced this morning (Monday, Jan. … [Read more...]
IMAX 2-week run of “Sanctum” Feb. 4
December 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
So much for seeing Justin Bieber in IMAX 3D. Universal Pictures' 3D action-thriller "Sanctum," from executive producer James Cameron, will get a special two-week run at IMAX 3D digital theaters beginning Feb. 4, it was announced today. That's just one week before Bieber's "Never Say Never" is … [Read more...]
Expanded “Tron” scenes on IMAX screens
December 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Moviegoers will literally see more of "Tron: Legacy" on IMAX 3D screens than traditional theaters. IMAX and Walt Disney Studios announced today that 43-minutes of selected scenes in the movie, including seven sequences on "The Grid" where the disc battles and light cycle chases take place, are … [Read more...]
Number Four, Real Steel for IMAX
December 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
IMAX will be getting two more movies from Disney's Touchstone distribution next year, both from DreamWorks Studios (the live-action entity), and both are fantastical thrillers that will open in digital IMAX theatres around the world. "I Am Number Four," helmed by D.J. Caruso ("Eagle Eye," … [Read more...]
3D, IMAX drive huge holiday B.O.
November 28, 2010 By 2 Comments
A new Disney 3D movie, a carryover behemoth with a big assist from IMAX, and a DreamWorks Animation 3D comedy with legs drove box-office grosses to the second biggest Thanksgiving weekend ever. The debut of Disney's family animated musical "Tangled" in 3D was a pleasant surprise to most … [Read more...]
Potter sets IMAX record $12.4 mil.
November 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Even without a 3D premium, IMAX collected a record $12.4 million of the gigantic opening weekend gross of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1." The overall domestic gross for the Warner Bros.' release was in excess of $125 mil., also a record opening for a Harry Potter movie. IMAX … [Read more...]
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