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WHAT BOX OFFICE SLUMP? ASKS IMAX Monday, August 22 2005 Toronto-based IMAX is defying the general downward trend of the box office, disclosing that ticket sales per screen for mainstream movies converted to the giant screen format has more than doubled in the first seven months of the year, Barron's magazine is reporting in its current issue. It also observed that the company's core business, installing giant-screen systems in multiplex theaters, has tripled over the past year. "We have only just begun to scratch the (more) BATMAN BEGINS SETS RECORD FOR IMAX Wednesday, August 17 2005 
The
IMAX
2-D
version
of
Warner
Bros.'
Batman
Begins
generated
$14.5
million
worldwide,
making
it
the
biggest
gross
for
a
2-D
Hollywood
title
ever
exhibited
by
the
giant-screen
company.
The
previous
record
holder
was
The
Matrix
Reloaded:
The
IMAX
Experience,
which
produced
$14
million
in
total
ticket
sales.
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IMAX, which has long been hampered in its production efforts by the enormous size of its cameras, is planning to produce its first 3-D surfing movie. (Some classic surfing movies were shot by camermen/surfers who mounted their cameras in hand-held waterproof housings and filmed the action from surfboards.) The Hollywood Reporter reported today (Wednesday) that the movie is being written by Surfer magazine editor Sam George, who has himself shot surfing movies in the past. IMAX reportedly plans to release the film in 2007.
