A “shame on treasures” in the box office can be fuel in a $ 1.2 billion years for ImaxCEO Rich Gelfond told CNBC on Friday.
That volume marks the best Box Office in Haul for the company, specialized in high-resolution cameras, film formats, projects and cinemas.
“I think it’s a very loud year,” Gelfond says in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk on the road.” “The first thing that drives that is slate.”
Gelfond pointed several blockbuster titles released in the next 10 months, including a new activity “How was” Jurassic Park “, a sequence of” zootopia “and a third “Avatar” to release.
Hollywood production issues bring less theater release and Small ticket sales at 2024, with office office box at 3.4% from 2023 to $ 8.74 billion. Today, the 2025 passage appears more stable, with many titles and large franchise films.
The Boal Box’s goals in Aide Imax are the Chinese title “Ne Zha 2,” which has earned $ 1.6 billion whole world. This is the first film that focuses $ 1 billion in a country. Gelfond explained that IMAX considers $ 135 million total film box.
“We’ve done more Chinese office boxes during the first six weeks of this year than we did throughout the year last year,” he said.
He added that “Ne Zha 2” is “like $ 100 million per day,” and that IMAX is considered about 13% of the film box receipts.
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