May 18, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that the epic action-adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina will open in 53 IMAX theaters internationally, with 20 of those IMAX locations opening this week starting on May 19. The remaining IMAX locations will open the film in conjunction with its wide release starting on May 28, 2010. The film's international IMAX release has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.
May 12, 2010— In production for more than four years, Legends of Flight will premiere June 8, 2010, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., followed by debuts in Chicago and Seattle, with other markets opening throughout June 2010. The film will begin its international exhibition schedule at the Science Museum of London on July 12.
May 12, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Releasing today announced that Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fourth installment of the film series based on the video game, will be released to digital IMAX theaters simultaneously with the film's wide release on September 10, 2010. The film, which was photographed in 3D, will be digitally re-mastered with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology and presented in IMAX 3D.
May 11, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc., and Legendary Pictures announced today that Director Zack Snyder's next big action thriller Sucker Punch 3D will be released to IMAX theaters simultaneously with the film's domestic release on March 25, 2011. The film is part of the previously announced agreement between Warner Bros. and IMAX to release up to 20 Warner Bros. films in IMAX's format over the course of the next three and a half years (from 2010 through 2013). Sucker Punch 3D will be digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.
May 10, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Marvel Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures today announced that Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr., opened with strong box office results in IMAX theaters. The IMAX release generated $9.8 million from 181 IMAX theaters domestically during the opening weekend from Friday, May 7, through Sunday May 9, setting a new record for a 2D IMAX opening weekend. The IMAX release posted a domestic per screen average of approximately $54,000 and represented approximately 8 percent of the film's total domestic cume of $130 million on less than 2 percent of the screens. Internationally, the IMAX release generated approximately $1.5 million during the weekend, bringing the international IMAX total to $4.7 million and the worldwide IMAX total to $14.5 million.
May 6, 2010--IMAX Corporation has announced it has signed an agreement with leading Russian retail and entertainment developer SBS to install an IMAX theater in the city of Krasnodar under the developer's Seven Stars Cinemas brand name. The IMAX theater will be part of the SBS Megamall, which is the city's largest and most successful shopping mall. The new theater is expected to be installed later this year.
May 5, 2010-- A memorial gathering for IMAX Co-founder Robert Kerr will take place at the Field House (at the Berkeley Church), 311 Queen Street East, Toronto, on Sunday May 16th from 2pm to 5pm. Please drop in for a celebration of Robert's life and accomplishments. There will be a brief ceremony starting at 3pm. Food (including Robert’s favourite: oysters!) and refreshments to be served. Click here for more information about the memorial. The following obituary appeared in the Globe and Mail:
May 5, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Mia Wasikowska, has generated more than $60 million globally in box office revenues, including more than $37.6 million domestically and $22.5 million internationally. IMAX theaters posted a domestic per screen average of $200,000 and an international per screen average of approximately $252,500. Alice in Wonderland is in the early part of its run in several international markets, including Japan, where the film grossed nearly $2 million in 17 days in four IMAX theaters.
May 5, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that Greg Foster, Chairman and President of Filmed Entertainment division, has renewed his employment agreement and will remain with the company for three additional years. Based at IMAX's Santa Monica office since 2001, Foster's primary responsibility is overseeing all aspects of the company's global filmed entertainment activities, including creative, production, film distribution, business affairs, marketing, sponsorship, studio relationships and the revolutionary IMAX DMR process.
April 30, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Marvel Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures today announced that the highly anticipated action-adventure Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey, Jr., will open for a special limited two-week engagement in 182 IMAX theaters domestically on May 7, 2010, and in 68 IMAX theaters internationally, with 51 of those runs opening this weekend. The IMAX release has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.