Giant cinema business IMAX just had its best year ever in 2025, surpassing its 2019 pre-Covid results, as moviegoers seek bigger, premium experiences. Revenue was driven by titles including Mission: Impossible 8,Avatar: Fire and Ash, How to Train Your Dragon, Sinners (pictured), Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

2026 is also looking promising with the likes of The Odyssey, Dune: Part 3, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and The Mandalorian & Grogu all scheduled for release.

IMAX says its global box office results for 2025 set a new company record with $1.28 billion grossed worldwide. Exceeding the guidance it issued early in 2025, the company grew global box office year-over-year by 40 per cent and surpassed its previous record, set in 2019, by 13 per cent.

IMAX marked the highest grossing year ever for IMAX in all three prime box office geographies — North America, China, and Rest of World international markets — and a total of 35 countries and territories worldwide. IMAX expects to grow global box office again in 2026, as the Company has guided to a record $1.4 billion in receipts worldwide for the year.

IMAX drove a record performance in virtually every key metric at the global box office in 2025, including:

· Best Domestic box office with $449 million, up 14 per cent over the previous record set in 2023.
· Best Rest of World international box office with $427 million, up 12 per cent over the previous record set in 2023.
· Best China box office with $407 million, up 5 per cent over the previous record set in 2019.
· Biggest global market share ever with 3.8 per cent of the global box office from just over 1,800 locations worldwide.
· Best local language box office with $405 million worldwide, up 65 per cent over the previous record set in 2023.
· Record box office in 35 countries and territories worldwide, including standout performances in Japan, Germany, India, Australia and across Southeast Asia.
· The largest slate in IMAX history, with 122 new releases worldwide.

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