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China recently set release dates for two summer films – Universal's Jurassic World Dominion on June 10 and big local-language production Mozart From Space (by the director of the Detective Chinatown series) on July 15. That's good news for the giant market’s reopening, said Imax CEO Rich Gelfond. But he doesn't expect…

EXCLUSIVE: In a deal announced today in Cannes, IMAX Corporation and Dolphin Entertainment signed a multi-year agreement to co-finance development and production of a slate of feature-length documentaries for global release. The first film under the partnership will be The Blue Angels, the recently-announced…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Blasting past projections, Disney/Marvel's Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness had a spellbinding weekend at the global and international box office. In 49 material offshore markets, the Benedict Cumberbatch/Elizabeth Olsen-starrer conjured $265M for an estimated $450M worldwide debut…

Big-screen pioneer Imax said Thursday that it recorded a net non-cash provision of $6.9 million, or $0.12 per share, due to an increase in reserves given the uncertainty of collecting receivables in Russia. With the Russia-Ukraine war ongoing, sanctions and boycotts underway include all major studios pulling releases…

Imax has promoted Natasha Fernandes to the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1. A 15-year veteran of the company's finance team, Fernandes most recently served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. She succeeds Joseph Sparacio, who served as the company's CFO from 2007-2016, and rejoined Imax last year as…

TUESDAY UPDATE, writethru: After setting a new opening day record for a local title in India on Friday, S.S. Rajamouli's RRR (Rise! Roar! Revolt!) continued a strong run in the home market throughout the weekend and picked up an estimated $60M+ globally. Of that, $16M is from outside of India (including $9.5M in North…

A global pandemic which closed a majority of the world’s cinemas from 2020-21 just won’t keep large format exhibitor Imax down. This morning, Imax announced that it crossed a $10 billion milestone in its lifetime global box office from narrative, non-documentary feature releases. The news comes in the wake of the…

Imax has started development on a new fleet of Imax cameras in cooperation with Kodak, Panavision, and FotoKem. At least four new, state-of-the-art film cameras over the next two years will roll out and grow the Imax camera series by 50%, with the first becoming available to use by late 2023. Imax is teaming with…

Imax Corporation and Bad Robot Productions, together with Glen Powell, Zipper Bros Films and Dolphin Entertainment, said Friday that they've commenced production on The Blue Angels, a documentary project chronicling a year in the cockpit with the exclusive aviator team. According to an announcement, The Blue Angels…

Sox Entertainment, the production and distribution company of former top CBS distribution executive Scott Koondel, has acquired the 2001 Imax concert movie All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!. The film, produced two decades ago for theatrical distribution exclusively on IMAX, will be taken to the marketplace…

Imax CEO Rich Gelfold says the chain hopes to have 200 screens wired for live events by year end, up from 79 currently as it experiments with content beyond music, and with ticket pricing. He spoke to Deadline after the company reported strong quarterly earnings and the day after a live stream of Kanye West's Donda 2…

Imax marked a significant turning point in the fourth quarter, reporting its best results in any quarter since 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic upended show business and civilization. Paced by Spider-Man: No Way Home and other strong titles, revenue soared 94% over the year-earlier period, to $108.6 million…