‘Avengers’ Set For 275 U.S. IMAX Screens

COMMENTS (10)

• Yes, 275 IMAX screens but not one of them film based

  Does anyone here enjoy digital IMAX? Let’s take a poll.

  I’ll probably watch it in that format even though it doesn’t hold a candle to the original 100 ft screens.

  Comment by Will! — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 1:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Well down here in the good old South (New Orleans to be exact), there is a AMC IMAX screen that is just a big as the touristy IMAX that shows all the nature IMAX films. And they just build one in another AMC location (haven’t been to that one yet), but I think they just converted their biggest theater into an IMAX.

    PS PA2 looked hella good in IMAX. (Only saw it in IMAX because that was the only available showing on the night I went to see it.)

    Comment by What?! — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 2:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• How about you shut up about your poll and watch the movie? Excellent idea, thank you.

  Comment by Steven — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 1:53pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yes imax digital is fine. It’s still better than a regular screen.

  Comment by cameron — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 2:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Good point. Does IMAX even build true IMAX theaters anymore? Their brand – with all the smaller digital screens and how nearly every other tent like gets a run on it – is getting tired.

  Comment by BZ — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 2:23pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I think The Avengers has a decent chance of overtaking Avatar’s domestic record. I can see it remaining in the Top 5 until July. It’s gonna be a behemoth.

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 2:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Nah. It won’t touch Avatar. It probably won’t even be the highest grosser of the summer. But yes, it will be a behemoth.

    Comment by Liam Gallagher — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 6:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• steven,

  Man talking smack behind a computer screen. Take that away and what are you?

  See what I did there?

  Also, feel free to never comment on one of my posts ever again.

  Sincerely,

  Everyone else

  Comment by Will! — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 5:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

• One stinking week on IMAX before Tim Burton’s Dork Shadows (yeah that’s spelled right) which is tracking at $39 million and dropping comes in to hold the IMAX screens for 2 weeks.

  Fucking bullshit. Not every Burton movie needs the IMAX treatment. Saw the trailer and there’s not a single IMAX worthy shot in this… what the hell is it anyway? A Quirky horror comedy?

  At least Dark Knight should be playing several weeks.

  Comment by C'mon! — Wednesday May 2, 2012 @ 5:37pm PDT  Reply to this post

• One notable exception: Scotiabank Theatre’s IMAX screen in downtown Toronto, close to where IMAX is headquartered. This is due to a deal with Warner Bros. to screen their films in IMAX, including Dark Shadows next week. Instead, Wrath of the Titans will continue to play in the downtown core’s only true (and still operating) IMAX screen. Must have been a pretty sweet deal with Warner Bros.

  Comment by Anon E. Mouse — Thursday May 3, 2012 @ 7:43am PDT  Reply to this post