If you’ve been to the cinema in the last few years, you may feel that IMAX is the best choice for the cinematic experience.
Premiere screens, including IMAX, Dolby, and 4DX, have grown, and the studios are finally catching up. This week, IMAX announced that it will release at least 14 titles in its “Filmed for IMAX,” which is more than double the previous year.
Some of the biggest titles are going bigger and bolder, with multiple Marvel movies and Ryan Coogler’s much-hyped vampire film with Michael B. Jordan going for the Imax experience.
IMAX confirmed at Cannes that IMAX screens accounted for 5.9 percent of the total domestic box office in the first quarter of 2024, the company’s highest-ever quarterly market share.
“As more of the world’s best filmmakers create specifically for our platform, Imax is becoming as much about excellence in production as it is presentation of the biggest blockbuster filmmaking,” said IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond. “Quite simply, audiences get that if you see a movie Filmed for Imax in Imax, you’re getting the best, most immersive cinematic experience money can buy, which is why we’re driving a huge share of the global box office on these titles.”
The full slate, in order of release, includes:
–Captain America: Brave New World (Disney/Marvel), Feb 15
-Untitled Ryan Coogler/Michael B. Jordan film (WB), Mar 7
–Thunderbolts (Disney/Marvel), May 2
–Flowervale Street (WB), May 16
–Mission: Impossible 8 (Paramount), May 23
–How To Train Your Dragon (Universal), Jun 13
-Untitled Formula One (Apple/Distributor TBC), Jun 27
–Superman: Legacy (WB/DC), Jul 11
–The Fantastic Four (Disney/Marvel), Jul 25
–Mercy (MGM/Amazon), Aug 15
–The Bride! (WB), Oct 3
–TRON: Ares (Disney), Oct 10
–Blade (Disney/Marvel), Nov 7
-Chinese New Year, title TBC, w/o Jan 29
It should be noted dates are subject to change, and additional titles may be added.
