July 31, 2015—Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, founders of the percussion group STOMP and producers of giant screen films Pulse: A STOMP Odyssey, Wild Ocean, and Great White Shark, have received honorary degrees from Brighton. Read the full article from BBC News here.
Highlights Record box office of $343 million in Q2 2015 results in over a half a billion of IMAX global box office generated in the first half of the year Stellar global per screen average of $415 thousand in Q2 2015, driven by a 41% increase in domestic and 33% increase in international per screen averages compared to Q2 2014 Company increases annual installation guidance to 120 new theatres after another above target quarter of 35 new commercial installations in Q2 2015 $107.2 million of revenues [...]
July 20, 2015—IMAX and Science North in Sudbury, Ontario, have announced an agreement to install IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection system at its IMAX® theatre. The new technology will further enhance The IMAX Experience® for the science center’s visitors. IMAX with laser represents a quantum leap forward in cinema technology—providing audiences with the sharpest, brightest, clearest and most vivid digital images ever, combined with a whole new level of immersive audio. The technology will enable Science North to deliver the full array of the highest-quality IMAX [...]
July 13, 2015—The Tennessee Aquarium and IMAX Corporation have signed an agreement to install IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection system at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX® 3D Theater. The new technology will enable the Aquarium to deliver a wider array of digital content and further enhance The IMAX Experience® for its visitors and students. IMAX® with laser represents a quantum leap forward in cinema technology—providing audiences with the sharpest, brightest, clearest and most vivid digital images ever seen. Designed from the ground up for IMAX’s [...]
July 7, 2015–BIG & Digital, LLC and Afterglow Studios, Inc. announced today that Space Next will be distributed worldwide by BIG & Digital to the network of IMAX®, giant screen, and fulldome theaters in fall 2015. Space Next, directed and produced by Luke Ployhar of Afterglow Studios, takes us on a journey of mankind's pursuit to reach the stars. From the beginning of our earliest dreams that sparked the imagination to the machines that took us there, Space Next will present the history that inspired generations [...]
June 30, 2015—National Geographic Studios announced today that three of its most recent standout releases have reached a new box office milestone—collectively they have surpassed $20 million in gross box office earnings, performing strongly in giant-screen, IMAX® and digital theaters worldwide. Leading the way is the award-winning Jerusalem, which continues to soar at the box office, recently exceeding $10 million in worldwide gross revenue. Mysteries of the Unseen World has topped $7 million in box office earnings, and Pandas: The Journey Home has brought in over [...]
June 30, 2015—IMAX Corporation today announced that it has optioned theatrical rights, among others, to author Donovan Hohn's 2011 best-selling nonfiction book Moby Duck. The story, about a ship in the North Pacific that loses a container carrying thousands of rubber duck bath toys and their mysterious journey that spans the globe, will be made into a theatrical documentary produced by IMAX; its production will be spearheaded by Drew Fellman (Born to Be Wild and Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, writer/producer on both), who will produce and [...]
June 19, 2015—The National Media Museum in Bradford is converting to IMAX Digital, and the BBC covers the transition in this news segment. Some of you may see a familiar face or two in the interviews. Click here to watch the full BBC report.
June 18, 2015—IMAX Corporation and TCL jointly announced the launch of the IMAX Private Theatre "Palais™"—the first premium, in-home private theatre developed through IMAX's joint venture with TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited in China. The companies also unveiled a showroom located at Le Royal Méridien Shanghai, where the luxury system will be available for demonstration to qualified consumers on a by-appointment basis. The IMAX Private Theatre "Palais" delivers IMAX's best-in-class projection and sound technology as part of the very first completely turn-key home theatre system from [...]
June 17, 2015—Continuing to expand its footprint in the Chinese market, IMAX Corporation has announced the creation of the IMAX China Film Fund with its subsidiary IMAX China and partner China Media Capital ("CMC"), to help fund a minimum of 10 tentpole films in Mandarin. The China Film Fund, which will be capitalized at up to $50 million initially, will target productions that can leverage the IMAX® brand, relationships, technology and release windows, with the flexibility to produce IMAX and non-IMAX content, and develop original films [...]