IMAX DELIVERS BEST FIRST QUARTER OF ALL TIME AT THE GLOBAL BOX OFFICE WITH $282.2 MILLION
Record-Breaking Result Powered by IMAX's Highest Grossing Quarter Ever for Local
"The first quarter is an excellent indicator of the promise we see in 2023 — a year in which we expect to return to our record-breaking levels of box office from 2019," said
IMAX delivered a record
$61.3 million inChinese New Year box office, a new record for local language box office inChina's peak moviegoing periodChina Film Group's "The Wandering Earth 2", which now stands as IMAX's highest grossing local language film of all time- Initially released in
Japan in November, Toho's "Suzume" climbed to IMAX's second highest grossing Japanese local language film of all time - In
India , Yash Raj Films "Pathaan", which delivered IMAX's biggest global opening weekend of all time for an Indian film.
IMAX expects to program 30 to 40 local language titles in 2023.
The coming weeks will see a number of high-profile releases debut across the IMAX network, including
*Excluding booking fees, IMAX Q1 GBO is
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