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IMAX box office up 37% in Q2

Imax_boffo TORONTO AND LOS ANGELES – JULY 7, 2010 – IMAX Corporation today announced that for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, IMAX DMR® gross box office worldwide was approximately $115.0 million, an approximate 37% increase over last year’s second quarter box office of approximately $84.2 million.


For the six months ended June 30, 2010, gross box office from Hollywood DMR titles released to the worldwide IMAX® theatre network was $347.2 million, compared to $112.2 million in the first six months of 2009. In addition, the Company commented that it has announced deals for 89 IMAX systems year-to-date, compared to 35 for all of 2009.


“The drivers of our business model and long term growth continue to be network expansion and compelling programming,” said Richard L. Gelfond, CEO of IMAX Corporation. “This year to date, we have already signed deals for 89 theatres, and we also continue to drive our per screen productivity. Even excluding Avatar completely from our 2010 results, our per-screen average through the first six months is $647,000, a 13% increase over the same period in the prior year.”

IMAX teams with Disney on three 3D movies

Imax_boffo LOS ANGELES, June 23, 2010 - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and The Walt Disney Studios today announced a new agreement to release three additional 3D pictures to IMAX® theatres in 2011. The titles included are Mars Needs Moms, starring Seth Green and Joan Cusack, slated for release on March 11, 2011 and executive produced by Robert Zemeckis; Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, slated for release on May 20, 2011 and Cars 2, slated for release on June 24, 2011.

AMC to add up to 25 more IMAX theaters

Amc_imax_1 IMAX AND AMC ENTERTAINMENT® EXPAND JOINT VENTURE RELATIONSHIP FOR UP TO 25 NEW IMAX® THEATRES


New York, N.Y. and Kansas City, Mo. – June 1, 2010 - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and AMC Entertainment (AMC), today announced an expansion of the companies’  joint venture agreement to include installation of between 15 and 25 new IMAX®  theatres in the United States. These theatres, which are part of an amendment to the parties’ original 2007 joint venture agreement, are in addition to AMC’s current roll-out of 104 IMAX joint venture theatres, 79 of which are in operation and 25 of which are expected to open by the end of 2010 in the United States and Canada. 

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