October 27, 2009--IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Releasing have announced that the motion picture Michael Jackson's This Is It will open in digital IMAX theaters on October 28, 2009. The limited IMAX release will run domestically during evening show times in 96 IMAX digital theaters. In addition, the movie will run a full show schedule in 27 of the company's international digital locations.
October 20, 2009--IMAX Corporation and Pathe Netherlands--a Europalaces/Pathe company and the largest exhibitor in The Netherlands--today announced an agreement to install three IMAX theater systems as part of an expanded joint venture partnership between the two companies. The deal includes the installation of IMAX's digital projection system in Rotterdam and Eindhoven, as well as a digital upgrade to the exhibitor's existing film-based IMAX theater in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam upgrade and new Rotterdam location are each scheduled to open in time for the December 17 IMAX 3D release of James Cameron's Avatar in international markets.
October 20, 2009--Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Corporation have announced that Where the Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) and produced by Playtone (Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman), opened with strong box office results, generating approximately $3.1 million from 145 IMAX theaters domestically during the opening weekend from Friday, October 16, 2009, through Sunday, October 18. The IMAX release generated over 9 percent of the film's overall box office of $32.7 million, with an IMAX per screen average of $21,500. The weekend marks the biggest fall opening ever for an IMAX release.
October 12, 2009--IMAX Corporation and Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe's largest exhibitor, today announced an agreement to install an IMAX theater in the exhibitor's multiplex in Cardiff, Wales. The deal was signed as a result of the growing success and popularity of the exhibitor's IMAX digital locations in Wimbledon and Greenwich. This newest location and the exhibitor's previously announced IMAX location in Gateshead, UK, are scheduled to open in time for the release of Avatar on December 18, 2009. Both will feature IMAX's digital projection technology. The deal brings the total number of IMAX theaters operated by Odeon to five.
October 9, 2009--Wild Ocean (Yes/No Productions and Giant Screen Films) received the Outstanding Achievement award and Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure (Digital 3D, 25-minute version; SK Films and Principal Large Format) received the Best Film: Special Venue award at last week’s Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Considered by many to be the “Oscars of Wildlife Filmmaking,” the 2009 film competition closed with 425 films from 25 countries entered into more than 750 categories
October 2, 2009--IMAX Corporation announced today that it has given notice of the redemption of $75 million principal amount of its 9 5/8 percent Senior Notes due December 1, 2010 (the "Notes"). The redemption notice stipulates a redemption date of December 1, 2009, at a price of 100.00 percent, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
October 1, 2009--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and starring multiple Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond, The Aviator), will be released to IMAX theaters simultaneously with the film's wide release in conventional theaters on July 16, 2010. The film marks the third IMAX project for Christopher Nolan, following the record-breaking IMAX release of The Dark Knight, which grossed more than $65 million at IMAX theaters. Inception, a contemporary sci-fi action film set within the architecture of the mind, will be digitally re-mastered IMAX DMR technology.
September 25, 2009--IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Releasing today announced that Michael Jackson's This Is It will be released for a special run in select digital IMAX theaters worldwide during the film's limited two-week engagement in thousands of theaters globally starting on October 28, 2009. The film's domestic run at select digital IMAX theaters will be for evening showtimes starting at approximately 9 PM Pacific Standard Time, beginning Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Tickets for the worldwide release go on sale for most locations Sunday, September 27, at 12:01 AM. To find out which IMAX locations have the film, visit imax.com. This Is It will be digitally re-mastered with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology.
September 23, 2009--IMAX Corporation has announced that Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs opened with strong box office results, generating approximately $2.4 million from 127 IMAX theaters during the weekend from Friday, September 18, through Sunday, September 20, marking the biggest September opening for an IMAX release. The IMAX 3D locations generated a per screen average of approximately $20,000.
September 23, 2008—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) presented its 2009 Achievement Awards this week at its awards gala held during the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in Indianapolis, Indiana. Film awards were announced and presented at the gala. The marketing award winners, which were announced in July, received their awards at the gala as well. In addition to the GSCA awards, IMAX Corporation presented the Maximum Image awards for Best Booth and Hall of Fame film. The following are this year’s award winners: