July 21, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the studio's summer box office hit, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and directed by Christopher Nolan, shattered opening box office records on 94 IMAX screens during its debut. The IMAX release contributed $6.3 million of the $158.4 million that the film grossed at the domestic box office, on a total of 94 North American screens this weekend. The picture posted a domestic IMAX per screen average of $67,036. Internationally, the picture generated approximately $725,000 from 15 IMAX theaters, and it is scheduled to open in 24 more IMAX locations in the coming weeks. The film's worldwide IMAX opening total was a record-breaking $7 million.

July 21, 2008--MacGillivray Freeman Films has completed principal photography for its ambitious and thought-provoking giant screen film for IMAX and IMAX 3D theaters about the history, culture, and religion of Arabia. At a time when images of the Middle East in the Western media are often synonymous with extremism, Arabia 3D offers a broader understanding of this distant land by journeying deep inside its culture to reveal and explain the origins of a way of life largely hidden from our view. The film is slated for release in June 2009.

July 17, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Tokyu Recreation, the owner of 109 Cinemas (10 is "To" and 9 is "kyu"), one of Japan's largest exhibition chains, today announced a joint venture agreement to install up to four IMAX theaters in Japan. The agreement marks IMAX's second international joint venture deal, as the company aligns itself with top exhibitors worldwide with its new IMAX digital theater system. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 180 IMAX digital theater systems, with approximately 50 expected to be installed by the end of 2008.

July 16, 2008--Singapore will host 3DX: 3D Film & Entertainment Technology Festival (3DX), the first-ever festival of its kind dedicated to stereoscopic 3D content and technologies. The five-day festival will comprise conferences with leading international speakers as well as screening of 3D movies for the public. Films to be screened include Journey to the Center of the Earth, Fly Me to the Moon, Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean, and U2 3D.

July 10, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the studio's highly anticipated and technologically unprecedented summer movie, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and directed by Christopher Nolan, will open in a record 94 IMAX theaters domestically on July 18 in conjunction with the film's wide release. The film will also open in 15 IMAX theaters day-and-date internationally, with at least 23 additional international locations opening in the coming weeks.

July 10, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Hoyts Cinemas Ltd., one of the largest exhibitors in Australia, today announced a joint venture agreement to install four IMAX theaters in the cities of Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. The deal marks the company's first international joint-venture deal featuring the company's new IMAX digital theater system and doubles IMAX's footprint in Australia. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 180 IMAX digital theater systems, with approximately 50 scheduled to be installed by the end of 2008.

July 7, 2008--For years, filmmakers associated with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival have sought to build collaborative partnerships with non-broadcast distributors. Meeting that demand, this autumn, from September 23rd to the 25th, the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are co-presenting the first-ever conference that brings content creators together with media execs from NGO's, museums, parks, aquariums, zoos, and other public institutions. Held in downtown Jackson at the new Center for the Arts facility, the list of session topics is available online at www.jhsymposium.org. Registration opened in early June and space will be limited. For more information please contact Carrie Noel.

July 1, 2008--The Giant Screen Cinema Association today announced the winners of its annual marketing awards. A panel of 5 judges reviewed more than 14 entries and named the 2008 winners: Best Film Launch by a Theater goes to Museum of Science—Boston for its launch of The Alps, Best Marketing by a Distributor goes to MacGillivray Freeman films for Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk, Best New Theater Launch goes to the Myrtle Beach IMAX Theater, and the Best Big Idea goes to National Geographic for its day-and-date release of Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure to 260 screens worldwide.

June 23, 2008--Derek Threinen has left his position as Director, Film Marketing, Outreach, Corporate, at National Geographic in order to explore some interesting new opportunities as a theatrical and attractions consultant. He will continue to be based in Washington, D.C. Threinen has signed a contract with Smithsonian Business Ventures to assist in planning and building a digital theater and simulation attraction at the National Museum of American History, a theater technology review and upgrade at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, a renovation of the National Museum of Natural History's IMAX theater, and will also be providing marketing consultation with regards to upcoming film launches and the Smithsonian Institution theaters' web presence, among other duties.

June 23, 2008--Filmmakers Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello (the Mantello Brothers) are pleased to announce their first feature-length film, Oceans 3D: Voyage of a Turtle (working title). The film entered the digital 3D post-production phase last week. The 85-minute long feature is expected to be completed this September for an anticipated domestic release during the first half of 2009.