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The disparity in the CEO’s compensation vs last year appears to be due to a judgement call that resulted in no option awards, which came to $3.2M last year. In a year when IMAX shares were up 18.7%, Gelfond‘s package included $750,000 salary, $1M bonus, $1.7M change in pension value, and $126,275 in other…

The large screen theater company set a high bar for itself this morning when it reported a 55.7% jump in the gross box office for its films in Q4. But CEO Rich Gelfond will try to beat that in 2013 by taking more control over the films IMAX theaters show. One initiative, unveiled this morning, will deploy digital…

The large-screen theater company says it generated $8.39M in net income for 3Q, up 24.6% vs the period last year, on revenues of $67.5M, up 32.2%. That translated into adjusted earnings of 16 cents a share, light of the 20 cents that the Street expected. But IMAX says it took a 6 cent hit due to “a sudden decrease of…

Many investors think so this morning; RealD shares are down more than 7.7% in early trading. There’s no immediate danger: RealD has a few years left on its exclusive deals with major theater owners to supply their 3D-projection technology. Still, BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield warns today that over time “IMAX could…

Imax says in an SEC filing that COO Gary Moss will leave at the end of this month and not be replaced. Imax created the COO job, reporting to CEO Rich Gelfond, in 2009 when Moss joined. He had been a consultant and an executive at a concert promotion subsidiary of Live Nation and at EMI Group Canada. An Imax insider…

UPDATE, 6:40 AM: In a conference call with analysts, CEO Rich Gelfond continued to talk up future opportunities while acknowledging that “like you we’re not happy” with recent box office sales. He’s talking to studios about making films available to IMAX venues before they open elsewhere and is “optimistic about…

Wall Street’s backlash against 3D movies is growing serious. Just weeks after movie executives and investors wondered how well 3D films would do this summer, they’ve begun to ask much tougher questions including: When will movie theater chains begin to cancel orders for 3D projection equipment? And could continued…

Here’s the strange thing about IMAX these days: the large screen exhibitor reported terrible financial results for the first quarter although analysts were projecting it would continue to report a profit. Yet its stock price closed up 6% at $34.24, for a more than 60% gain over the past year. Even this morning, Wall…

The box office’s poor performance during the first part of the year has impacted IMAX, too. The giant-screen exhibitor reported first-quarter results this morning that saw revenue and earnings down. "The first quarter lacked event films, particularly compared to the phenomenal strength of last year's Avatar, and our…