{"id":397788,"date":"2026-01-07T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397788\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:44:09","slug":"imax-closes-out-2025-with-record-1-28-billion-at-global-box-office-up-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397788\/","title":{"rendered":"Imax Closes Out 2025 With Record $1.28 Billion\u00a0At Global Box Office, Up 40%"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tImax<\/a> ended 2025 with a record $1.28 billion grossed worldwide, the best year it\u2019s ever had. The slate grew overall and local language films busted out with two of its top five films for the year \u2014 Ne Zha 2<\/a> ($167 million) and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle ($95.9 million) \u2014 coming from beyond Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe others were Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a> ($112 million), F1: The Movie ($97.6 million) and Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning ($75.8 million). In all, the company grew global box office year-over-year by 40%, surpassing its previous record, set in 2019, by +13%. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt saw its highest grossing year ever in all three prime box office geographies \u2014 North America, China, and rest of world international markets \u2014 and a total of 35 countries and territories worldwide. And it expects to continue growing this year with an anticipated $1.4 billion in receipts worldwide.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs the company scales, CEO Rich Gelfond called 2025 \u201ctruly a transformational year for Imax in which we leveled up our performance across our business, capturing a greater share of total box office with a wider variety of releases across an expanding global footprint. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe see no signs of slowing down given a very promising slate ahead and the consistency of our market share gains, as filmmakers, studios, and audiences worldwide continue to gravitate toward the Imax experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tKey metrics for 2025 include best domestic box office with $449 million, up 14% over the previous record set in 2023; best rest of world international box office with $427 million, up 2% over the previous record set in 2023; best China box office with $407 million, up 5% over the previous record set in 2019; biggest global market share with 3.8% from 1,800+ locations; best local language box office with $405 million worldwide, up 65% over the previous record set in 2023; record box office in 35 countries and territories worldwide with standout performances in Japan, Germany, India, Australia and across Southeast Asia; largest slate in Imax history with 122 new releases worldwide; and largest local language slate in Imax history, with 67 international films released from 14 countries.<\/p>\n

\n\tHighlights of the upcoming 2026 slate includeJon Favreau\u2019s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, a\u00a0filmed for Imax\u00a0release; Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey, the first theatrical feature ever shot entirely with IMAX film cameras; Greta Gerwig\u2019s Narnia, set for an Imax-exclusive theatrical run next Thanksgiving ahead of its Christmas release on Netflix; and Denis Villeneuve\u2019s Dune: Part Three, also shot with Imax film cameras.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnticipated Hollywood films Project: Hail Mary, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Michael and Toy Story 5 among others along with the Chinese New Year slate and Japanese anime round out 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imax ended 2025 with a record $1.28 billion grossed worldwide, the best year it\u2019s ever had. The slate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[211892,64,63,14711,134,177950,344,66332],"class_list":{"0":"post-397788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-2025-box-office","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-avatar-fire-and-ash","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-imax","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-ne-zha-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}