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Business Wire
30-06-2025
- Automotive
- Business Wire
IMAX Races to $28 Million Opening Weekend for 'F1 ®: The Movie'
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced an outsized opening weekend for Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures' 'F1 ®: The Movie' — delivering a $28 million global debut. Filmed for IMAX and presented entirely in IMAX-exclusive expanded aspect ratio, 'F1 ®: The Movie' vastly outperformed in IMAX, with the IMAX network accounting for 23% of the film's North American bow and over 19% of its global debut, the fourth-best global result ever. 'With the most realistic racing sequences ever committed to film, 'F1 ®: The Movie' quite simply demands to be experienced in IMAX and audiences around the world clearly got that message,' said Rich Gelfond, CEO of IMAX. 'Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer brought IMAX in as a partner alongside Apple Originals and Warner Bros., innovating and pushing our technology to new frontiers to deliver a film tailormade for IMAX that we expect moviegoers will continue to seek out on our screens through the U.S. holiday weekend ahead.' In North America, IMAX delivered a $13 million opening weekend, good for 23% of overall Domestic debut for 'F1 ®: The Movie.' Internationally, the IMAX network generated over $11 million in box office for 'F1 ®: The Movie,' delivering more than 12% of the weekend total in a diverse collection of markets including the UK, Japan, and South Korea. 'F1 ®: The Movie' also delivered nearly $4 million across IMAX screens in China — a whopping 43% of the overall nationwide debut — where IMAX presented an exclusive live broadcast of the F1 ® Spanish Grand Prix across select locations last month. The 2025 summer blockbuster season is highlighted by an unprecedented run of eight consecutive Filmed for IMAX Hollywood releases, which have yielded strong results to date: Through the debut of 'F1 ®: The Movie,' IMAX has delivered 10% or better of the North American opening weekend box office on the first six of those releases. IMAX has delivered 20% or better of the domestic debut on eight films in history, with three having come in recent months - 'Sinners,' 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,' and now 'F1 ®: The Movie.' Alongside 'F1 ®: The Movie,' IMAX delivered 20% of the North American debut of 'Sinners' — helping fuel two of the biggest original IP film launches of the year. Filmed for IMAX releases Warner Bros./DC Studios' 'Superman' and Disney/Marvel's 'Fantastic Four: The First Steps' are yet to come in July. Partnering with Apple Original Films and the filmmakers, 'F1 ®: The Movie ' was shot with more than a dozen newly designed IMAX-certified digital cameras strategically positioned to capture the speed, precision, and intensity of racing like never before, including Brad Pitt driving at 180 mph. The film is presented entirely in IMAX's exclusive 1.90:1 expanded aspect ratio and with a custom sound mix tailored to IMAX's acoustician-designed sound system, featuring the industry's largest speakers, laser-aligned for pinpoint audio precision. Director Joseph Kosinski worked closely with IMAX, including reviewing camera tests at IMAX HQ during pre-production, and made specific creative and technical decisions to deliver a movie designed for the IMAX Experience ®. About IMAX Corporation IMAX, an innovator in entertainment technology, combines proprietary software, architecture, and equipment to create experiences that take you beyond the edge of your seat to a world you've never imagined. Top filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX systems to connect with audiences in extraordinary ways, making IMAX's network among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the globe. IMAX is headquartered in New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles, with additional offices in London, Dublin, Tokyo, and Shanghai. As of March 31, 2025, there were 1,810 IMAX systems (1,738 commercial multiplexes, 11 commercial destinations, 61 institutional) operating in 89 countries and territories. Shares of IMAX China Holding, Inc., a subsidiary of IMAX Corporation, trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code '1970'. IMAX ®, IMAX ® 3D, Experience It In IMAX ®, The IMAX Experience ®, DMR ®, Filmed For IMAX ®, IMAX LIVE™, and IMAX Enhanced ® are trademarks and trade names of IMAX Corporation or its subsidiaries that are registered or otherwise protected under laws of various jurisdictions. For more information, visit You may also connect with IMAX on Instagram ( Facebook ( LinkedIn ( X ( and YouTube (
Business Wire
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Wire
By Popular Demand, Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX ® Expand Their Fan-First Premiere Screenings of Apple Original Films' Summer Event Feature F1 ® The Movie to 400 IMAX Theaters Worldwide
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Start your engines! Due to overwhelming popularity, with sold-out screenings in 25 markets across the globe, Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX are expanding their Fan-First Premiere Screenings of Apple Original Films' F1 ® The Movie to 400 IMAX locations worldwide. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, May 21, for available IMAX-exclusive June 23 screenings—one night only at 7:00 p.m. local time—as well as for all available showtimes of the film when it starts roaring into theaters later that week. Tickets for the June 23 Fan-First Premiere Screenings in IMAX can be found HERE. Check local theater listings for available showtimes on June 25 and beyond and don't miss the most authentic racing film of all time, filmed for IMAX: F1 ® The Movie. From Apple Original Films and the filmmakers from Top Gun: Maverick comes the high-octane, action-packed feature film F1 ® The Movie, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski. The film is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Kosinski, seven-time FORMULA 1 ® world champion Lewis Hamilton, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Chad Oman. Dubbed 'the greatest that never was,' Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1's most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he's a nomadic racer-for-hire when he's approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He'll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team's hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny's past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition—and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone. F1 ® The Movie also stars Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, and Javier Bardem, and was shot during actual Grand Prix weekends as the team competed against the titans of the sport. Kosinski directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, story by Kosinski & Kruger. The film is executive produced by Daniel Lupi. Collaborating with Kosinski behind the scenes are his creative team, including director of photography Claudio Miranda, production designers Mark Tildesley and Ben Munro, editor Stephen Mirrione, costume designer Julian Day, casting director Lucy Bevan and composer Hans Zimmer. Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures Present A Monolith Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer / Plan B Entertainment / Dawn Apollo Films Production, A Joseph Kosinski Film, F1 ® The Movie, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theaters and IMAX nationwide on June 27, 2025 and internationally beginning 25 June 2025.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
By Popular Demand, Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX® Expand Their Fan-First Premiere Screenings of Apple Original Films' Summer Event Feature F1® The Movie to 400 IMAX Theaters Worldwide
Tickets On Sale TOMORROW 5/21 for Available Expanded Fan-First Premieres Exclusively in IMAX now to be held in 400 IMAX Theaters on 6/23, Ahead of the Film's Release Tickets On Sale TOMORROW 5/21 for Available General Showtimes Worldwide—Don't miss the Cinematic Event of the Summer! BURBANK, Calif., May 20, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Start your engines! Due to overwhelming popularity, with sold-out screenings in 25 markets across the globe, Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX are expanding their Fan-First Premiere Screenings of Apple Original Films' F1® The Movie to 400 IMAX locations worldwide. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, May 21, for available IMAX-exclusive June 23 screenings—one night only at 7:00 p.m. local time—as well as for all available showtimes of the film when it starts roaring into theaters later that week. Tickets for the June 23 Fan-First Premiere Screenings in IMAX can be found HERE. Check local theater listings for available showtimes on June 25 and beyond and don't miss the most authentic racing film of all time, filmed for IMAX: F1® The Movie. From Apple Original Films and the filmmakers from Top Gun: Maverick comes the high-octane, action-packed feature film F1® The Movie, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski. The film is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Kosinski, seven-time FORMULA 1® world champion Lewis Hamilton, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Chad Oman. Dubbed "the greatest that never was," Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1's most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he's a nomadic racer-for-hire when he's approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He'll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team's hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny's past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition—and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone. F1® The Movie also stars Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, and Javier Bardem, and was shot during actual Grand Prix weekends as the team competed against the titans of the sport. Kosinski directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, story by Kosinski & Kruger. The film is executive produced by Daniel Lupi. Collaborating with Kosinski behind the scenes are his creative team, including director of photography Claudio Miranda, production designers Mark Tildesley and Ben Munro, editor Stephen Mirrione, costume designer Julian Day, casting director Lucy Bevan and composer Hans Zimmer. Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures Present A Monolith Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer / Plan B Entertainment / Dawn Apollo Films Production, A Joseph Kosinski Film, F1® The Movie, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theaters and IMAX nationwide on June 27, 2025 and internationally beginning 25 June 2025. View source version on Contacts For additional media inquiries, please contact: Chelsey Summey Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
"The feedback is humbling and inspiring": Jimmy Page reacts to fan response to Led Zeppelin movie
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jimmy Page has taken to social media to thank fans for their reaction to screenings of the Becoming Led Zeppelin movie. "In light of your incredible responses and the demand for the Becoming Led Zeppelin film from those of you that have either viewed it at the IMAX or during its general cinema release, I must say that feedback from fans is just humbling and inspiring," says the Zeppelin man. "Thanks to everyone for your enthusiasm – and here's the trailer for those of you who haven't seen it yet." [Trailer Below] Becoming Led Zeppelin premiered earlier this month and has since taken over $6M at the box office worldwide after grossing $3M during the opening weekend. The film's $2.6M opening in the US represented the biggest-ever opening weekend ever for an IMAX-exclusive music release. While Jimmy Page has now reacted to the reception afforded to Becoming Led Zeppelin, the other members of the band have not publicly commented, and Page was the only member of the band who attended the film's original premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, Elsewhere, the official Led Zeppelin social media accounts have not mentioned the film at all. The band's Facebook/Instagram and Twitter/X pages have been dormant for nearly two years – the last post on each platform shared news of a clear vinyl reissue of Led Zeppelin IV in April 2023 – while the band's most recent post on TikTok was the previous month, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band's 1973 album Houses Of The Holy. Becoming Led Zeppelin UK Screenings and Tickets Becoming Led Zeppelin US Screenings and Tickets
