IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX:IMX), Warner Bros. Pictures, a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), and Legendary Entertainment announced Monday that Godzilla has grossed approximately $21.2 million in 539 IMAX 3D theatres globally since its release Thursday, May 15, making it the highest-grossing IMAX opening weekend of 2014.
Godzilla grossed approximately $14.2 million in 352 North American IMAX 3D theatres and approximately $7 million in 187 international IMAX theatres, resulting in a strong IMAX worldwide per-screen average of approximately $40,000.
Overall, Godzilla grossed approximately $93.2 million for Warner Bros. domestically and $196.6 million worldwide, according to IMAX.
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IMAX reported dozens of individual theatre records across its global network and breakout international territories for the company included Taiwan, Austria, Germany, New Zealand and the UK. The film is set to open in IMAX theatres across China on June 13.
“The cornerstone of our portfolio strategy is finding those movies where people say, ‘if you haven’t seen it in IMAX than you haven’t really experienced it.’ Godzilla is clearly one of those films,” said Greg Foster, senior executive VP, IMAX Corp and CEO of IMAX Entertainment.
The IMAX 3D release of Godzilla has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX 3D Experience with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology.
Photo courtesy: Warner Bros. / Godzilla Movie
