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 exhibitor and specialty camera corp returning with a record share of the 2021 box office and its best Q4 since 2019.
After over 30 years of being a documentary platform and network in science museums and other institutions with movies like T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous, Imax transformed their business, developing proprietary post production techniques and bringing Hollywood movies to their auditoriums with the re-issue of Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 in 2002. This spurred a demand from filmmakers, studios, exhibitors and moviegoers, and Imax mushroomed its global network to north of 1,664 screens from multiplexes in 85 countries.
As moviegoers head back to the movies during the pandemic,...
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 exhibitor and specialty camera corp returning with a record share of the 2021 box office and its best Q4 since 2019.
After over 30 years of being a documentary platform and network in science museums and other institutions with movies like T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous, Imax transformed their business, developing proprietary post production techniques and bringing Hollywood movies to their auditoriums with the re-issue of Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 in 2002. This spurred a demand from filmmakers, studios, exhibitors and moviegoers, and Imax mushroomed its global network to north of 1,664 screens from multiplexes in 85 countries.
As moviegoers head back to the movies during the pandemic,...
- 3/20/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentary Channel has inked a deal with Imax Corp. for the exclusive U.S. rights to 21 library titles, including the Tom Cruise-narrated Space Station.
The films, which represent some of Imax's most successful with a combined gross boxoffice of more than $600 million, will be televised for the first time in the U.S. as a result of the deal. Other titles include the Tom Hanks-narrated Magnificent Desolation as well as T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous.
Doc Channel secured the rights with a multiyear contract inked through Norwalk, Conn.-based distributor Northstar Media and is planning to air them throughout the year. Imax has made the movies available in specially remastered high-definition and traditional broadcast formats.
Doc Channel founder and CEO Tom Neff declined comment on the financial terms of the deal but said it marks the 2-year-old network's biggest acquisition ever. He said the film package was appealing in part because of the wide range of subjects covered.
"These Imax documentaries will appeal to a very broad audience: from children to adults, from wildlife to space aficionados, from history lovers to film buffs to the socially conscious," Neff said, adding that he's looking at producing a short to air before each movie that will give viewers more information about Imax's large-format films.
The films, which represent some of Imax's most successful with a combined gross boxoffice of more than $600 million, will be televised for the first time in the U.S. as a result of the deal. Other titles include the Tom Hanks-narrated Magnificent Desolation as well as T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous.
Doc Channel secured the rights with a multiyear contract inked through Norwalk, Conn.-based distributor Northstar Media and is planning to air them throughout the year. Imax has made the movies available in specially remastered high-definition and traditional broadcast formats.
Doc Channel founder and CEO Tom Neff declined comment on the financial terms of the deal but said it marks the 2-year-old network's biggest acquisition ever. He said the film package was appealing in part because of the wide range of subjects covered.
"These Imax documentaries will appeal to a very broad audience: from children to adults, from wildlife to space aficionados, from history lovers to film buffs to the socially conscious," Neff said, adding that he's looking at producing a short to air before each movie that will give viewers more information about Imax's large-format films.
- 4/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Large Format Cinema Assn. will present its inaugural large-format film festival, scheduled for Monday through March 7, in the Imax theater at Los Angeles' the Bridge: Cinema de Lux. The two-week event will feature 10 films produced for large-format cinema along with guests including directors, producers and talent. Films scheduled for screening include China: The Panda Adventure, Extreme, Fires of Kuwait, Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey, Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure and T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous. Details: www.bigmoviezone.com. More information can be found at www.bigmoviezone.com.
- 2/20/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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