Christopher Nolan’s Inception to Cross $20 Million in Worldwide Gross Box Office Today
July 27, 2010 – 11:20 amIMAX Release Demonstrates Strong Legs
LOS ANGELES, Jul 26, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) –IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX), Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures today announced that Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight”), continued its strong performance during the second weekend in IMAX® theatres, generating $4.8 million on 197 IMAX screens domestically from Friday, July 23 through Sunday, July 25 for an estimated per-screen average of approximately $25,000. The film’s domestic IMAX total has reached approximately $16.1 million.
The film also continued its strong IMAX performance internationally, generating more than $1.8 million from 52 screens, bringing the international IMAX total to approximately $3.2 million. The worldwide IMAX total reached approximately $19.2 million through its second weekend and is poised to cross the $20 million in worldwide IMAX gross box office milestone today.
“We are very pleased with our second weekend results, which demonstrate the legs that are characteristic of a Christopher Nolan IMAX release,” said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. “The word of mouth the film is generating is continuing to translate into solid box office returns worldwide, and we’re looking forward to continued success in the coming weeks.”
“We’re thrilled with the strong way Inception is holding its ground, which has become a calling card of Chris Nolan’s body of work,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “We are also delighted that the IMAX theatre network is featuring one of the most talked about movies of the summer.”
Inception, a contemporary sci-fi action film that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams, has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with IMAX DMR® technology.
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