IMAX had another amazing weekend at the global box office, breaking more records and leading with Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the sci-fi classic drew huge crowds, with fans eager to experience its stunning visuals on the big screen.
This weekend, IMAX earned $13 million worldwide, making it the biggest post-Thanksgiving weekend in IMAX history. This comes after its record-breaking Thanksgiving and pre-Thanksgiving weekends. It’s safe to say this holiday season has been a big win for IMAX!
Interstellar stars Matthew McConaughey as a former pilot who is asked by NASA to lead a secret mission when Earth faces disasters like dust storms and dying crops. His job is to travel through a wormhole to find a new planet for humans to live on.
Advertisement The movie also features big names like Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, Timothée Chalamet, Mackenzie Foy, Ellen Burstyn, and Matt Damon. Interstellar was nominated for five Oscars at the 87th Academy Awards and won Best Visual Effects.
Paramount Pictures’ re-release of Interstellar had a standout weekend, even with movies like Moana 2, Wicked, and Gladiator II still showing. The film played only in IMAX theaters in the U.S., earning $4.5 million from 166 screens.
It averaged $27,000 per screen, the highest of any movie in North America. Ten IMAX 70mm locations completely sold out, bringing in $702,000 with an incredible $70,000 per screen. Christopher Nolan shared his excitement about the amazing response, saying:
Since Interstellar came out, many people have asked me when they could watch it on an IMAX screen again. I’m so happy so many viewers enjoyed the original IMAX experience of Interstellar this weekend.
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IMAX continues to stay strong as the year comes to an end. This week, big movies like Sony’s Kraven the Hunter and Warner Bros.’ animated The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim are hitting theaters. In Japan, Warner Bros.’ Cells at Work will show on IMAX screens, while A24’s The Green Knight will premiere on IMAX in select North American locations starting Wednesday.
Source: Deadline