Brad Pitt in 'F1: The Movie' Scott Garfield/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures/Apple Original Films Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Imax is seeing a surge in global box office based on a mix of Hollywood and foreign local, language titles and other alternative fare to drive revenue and profit gains, judging by the film technologies company's third quarter financial results unveiled on Thursday. Lifted by Hollywood's ongoing recovery at the multiplex, Imax posted a 50 percent rise in global box office to $368 million during the third quarter, against a year-earlier $239 million. Imax did big business with the Japanese anime hit Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and a super-sized F1: The Movie, which marked the film technologies company's highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025 to date. A diversified movie slate during the third quarter included concert films like The Grateful Dead Movie and David Gilmour Concert, Hollywood re-releases for Jaws and Apollo 13 and live-streamed events like Dead & Company and Spinal Tap II. Related Stories Movies Joel Edgerton Wants to Make Indie Gems Like 'Train Dreams' Even If Hollywood Doesn't: "I'd Be the Worst Studio Executive of All Time" Movies Box Office: 'Black Phone 2' Dials It in for Blumhouse With $27.3M U.S. Opening and $43M Globally The company pointed to theatrical momentum in the fourth quarter expected from an upcoming slate that includes Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wicked: For Good, Zootopia 2, The Running Man and Predator: Badlands. During the latest quarter, Imax saw revenue rise 17 percent to $106.7 million, compared to $91.5 million in the year-ago period. Net income rose 48 percent to $22.6 million, compared to a year-earlier $15.3 million. The adjusted earnings per-share hit 47 cents, against a year-earlier 35 cents. "We continue to deliver results that exceed expectations and transcend the broader marketplace - thanks in large part to our unique, diversified global content portfolio spanning Hollywood, local language, music and more," Imax CEO Rich Gelfond said in a statement ahead of a morning analyst call to discuss his latest financial results. Content solutions revenue rose 49 percent to $44.8 million in the third quarter, while technology products and services revenue increased 4 percent to $60.4 million. International films continue to account for bigger slice of Imax global box office, with local language box office this year standing at $343 million through September, up 40 percent from the previous year's pacing. Year- to date, local language accounts for 36 percent of Imax global box office, compared to under 20 percent over the same time period year ago. Imax reiterated it expected a record $1.2 billion in global box office in 2025. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Nobody Wants This Airbnb and Netflix Partner to Let People Get a Real-World Taste of 'Nobody Wants This' (Exclusive) Theater Broadway Musicians Reach Tentative Agreement, Averting Strike televisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision Touts Streaming Profit Growth, Cost Efficiencies as U.S. Ad Revenue Falls 11 Percent OpenAI Is Netflix a Friend or Foe to AI? Power Business Managers 2025 What a Top Entertainment Lawyer Makes of Hollywood's AI Fears Video Games NFL Locks Up 'Madden' Game Franchise Long-Term and Goes Global With Amazon in Wave of Deals Nobody Wants This Airbnb and Netflix Partner to Let People Get a Real-World Taste of 'Nobody Wants This' (Exclusive) Theater Broadway Musicians Reach Tentative Agreement, Averting Strike televisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision Touts Streaming Profit Growth, Cost Efficiencies as U.S. Ad Revenue Falls 11 Percent OpenAI Is Netflix a Friend or Foe to AI? Power Business Managers 2025 What a Top Entertainment Lawyer Makes of Hollywood's AI Fears Video Games NFL Locks Up 'Madden' Game Franchise Long-Term and Goes Global With Amazon in Wave of Deals