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IMAX Corporation Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

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Infographic highlighting IMAX's 1Q 2025 earnings results.
Infographic highlighting IMAX's 1Q 2025 earnings results.
  • Global entertainment platform delivers strong start to 2025 including Q1 Revenues of $87 million (+10% YoY), Net Income of $8 million (+52% YoY) at a 9% margin and Total Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $37 million (+15% YoY) at a 43% margin.

  • Demand for The IMAX Experience® is accelerating with significant systems growth in Q1 driven by system signings of 95 (+87 systems YoY) and system installations of 21 (+40% YoY).

  • IMAX sets Q1 box office record of $298 million(2) (+12% YoY) propelled by the diversity of its global content slate highlighted by "Ne Zha 2," the highest grossing IMAX release of all time in China.

  • IMAX captures 20% of strong Domestic opening for "Sinners" to kick-off eight consecutive Filmed For IMAX® releases this summer including "Thunderbolts," "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning," "How to Train Your Dragon," "F1," and "The Fantastic Four."

NEW YORK, April 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating the value of its unique global entertainment platform and broad content portfolio.

"IMAX is off to an excellent start in 2025 — the fundamentals of our business have never been stronger, with record global box office and strong system sales and installations growth in the First Quarter," said Rich Gelfond, CEO of IMAX. "With a remarkable global slate scheduled over the next several years and surging demand among exhibitors, we believe we are entering a new era of growth for the Company."

"Our results for the First Quarter demonstrate growth across key strategic areas of our business — including local language and alternative content, and system sales and installations — and underscore the strength of our diversified content portfolio, with a record-breaking Chinese New Year and strong alternative content lineup more than offsetting a slow start to the Hollywood slate."

"As we look ahead, IMAX is uniquely positioned to benefit from a confluence of positive trends in global content — the highly promising Hollywood slate and the rapid rise in big budget, high production value local language blockbusters."

"As a result of our strong content portfolio and continued consumer demand, exhibitors worldwide are investing in The IMAX Experience. IMAX invented premium cinema, we have been the global leader of premium cinema for decades, and exhibitors are increasingly turning to IMAX as the future of cinema as well."