IMAX CEO expects money receipts of 1.2 billion US {dollars} to money revenue in 2025 in 2025

General atmosphere during a private screening by Imax for the film “First Man” in an AMC theater in New York City on October 10, 2018.

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A “embarrassment of wealth” at the box office could bring in 1.2 billion US dollars for a year ImaxCEO Rich Gelfond, told CNBC on Friday.

This volume would mark the best cash register for the company that specializes in high -resolution cameras, film formats, projectors and theater.

“I think it will be a very strong year,” said Gelfond in an interview with CNBCS “Squawk on the Straße”. “The first thing the slate drives.”

Gelfond pointed out several blockbuster titles that are to be published in the next 10 months, including a new “Mission Impossible”, a live action “How to Train Your Dragon” film, another “Jurassic Park”, a sequel From “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Jurassic Park”, a sequel to “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Zootopia” and “Trainer” and “Mission Impossible. A third” Avatar “temperature.

The production problems in Hollywood led to fewer theater publications and smaller ticket sales in 2024, with the income to the box office from 2023 to $ 8.74 billion by 3.4%. The 2025 slate already appears more robust, with more titles and larger franchise films.

The support of Imax 'high cash goals is the Chinese title “Ne ZHA 2”, which has already achieved 1.6 billion US dollars worldwide. It is the first film to exceed 1 billion US dollars in a single country. Gelfond found that IMAX is $ 135 million of the overall fund of the film.

“We did more box office in China in the first six weeks of this year than all year round last year,” he said.

He added that “ne ZHA 2” “like 100 million US dollars a day” and that IMAX make up around 13% of the film receipts of the film.

Disclosure: ComCast is the parent company of NBCUNIERSAL and CNBC. NBCuniversal is the dealer of “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Jurassic World Rebirth”.

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