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 Anonymous posted on Sunday, January 09, 2000 - 12:12 am
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Does anyone know what the "real" number of IMAX theaters there are? You'd think you could find an updated list on the IMAX site, but:
http://www.imax.com/theatres/epcot.html
Closed for 1-year as of today. How long will it stay listed on the IMAX site?
Are there others that are closed or missing from the list? |
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| I do not know the current tally. I do, however, know the email address for IMAX. I am sure Michael will update the site soon. |
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| There's an actual catalogue that you can get from IMAX/DKP listing all the theatres worldwide, albeit its a bit out of date now as new theatres have been added since its printing last year. |
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| Jim DiDio posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2000 - 08:24 am
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| I think they're between 200 and 225 at this point, with about 70 of those being Domes and about 100-125 being 3D. This is just a guess, though. |
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| Anonymous posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2000 - 09:47 am
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| Just call 905-403-6500 and ask. |
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| Golly....what a novel idea. But you'll get a different number according to whom you talk to. This is nobody's fault in particular, just that the IMAX organization is large, and some people get told about things later that others. I was under the impression that there were only about <50 3D-capable houses. |
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| Have you tried looking at http://www.1570films.com ? Although it hasn't been updated since June, it also lists upcoming Theaters. |
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| Anonymous posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2000 - 01:03 pm
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| ... and the new Directory of Giant Screen Theaters. It currently reports 204 IMAX Theaters including 82 having the capability to show 3D films. |
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| Imax Corporation only publishes this information on a quarterly basis. As of September 30, 1999 there were 203 IMAX® theatres operating in 25 countries worldwide, 61 IMAX®, 65 IMAX® Dome, 74 IMAX® 3D, and three IMAX® 3D Dome. The above breakdowns include theatres which house more than one IMAX technology such as the IMAX/IMAX Dome/IMAX 3D theatre in Barcelona. In the United States there are 98 theatres; in Canada, 24; in Europe, 32; in Japan, 20; in Mexico, eight; in Asia, 12; in Australia, eight; in South Africa, one. I will post update when the 4th quarter info is published. |
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| Anonymous posted on Friday, January 14, 2000 - 11:03 pm
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| T.J. You were right. They've updated the site and took the EPCOT theater off. Thanks. |
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| Anonymous posted on Friday, January 21, 2000 - 02:07 pm
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| I purchased few weeks ago the directory of giant screen theaters and I must say I was very impressed with such quantity of detailed information... including dozen of listings and figures about IMAX Theaters and others... |
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| James Hyder posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2000 - 10:25 pm
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By my count, there are 208 IMAX theaters open as of today, including two temporary theaters that opened on Jan. 1 for F2K (Denver and Los Angeles). In case you're interested, another 102 8/70, 10/70, or non-IMAX 15/70 theaters are also open now.
I don't want to tempt people away from the wonderful 1570.com Web site, but keep an eye on mine (www.cinergetics.com). Within a month or two I hope to have my complete database of LF films and theaters (of all types) online. |
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| As of December 31, 1999 there were 208 IMAX® theatres operating in 25 countries worldwide, 61 IMAX®, 64 IMAX® Dome, 80 IMAX® 3D, and three IMAX® 3D Dome. The above breakdowns include theatres which house more than one IMAX technology such as the IMAX/IMAX Dome/IMAX 3D theatre in Barcelona. In the United States there are 103 theatres; in Canada, 24; in Europe, 32; in Japan, 20; in Mexico, eight; in Asia, 12; in Australia, eight; in South Africa, one. |
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As we conclude our Fantasia run at the temporary Disney's FANTASIA 2000 IMAX Theatre in Los Angeles, it occured to me that the 1570 gang might want to see a picture of it.
This picture was taken in mid December while the theatre was still under construction. It seats 622, was built in a little over 4 weeks, and will be dismantled after April 30th:  |
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| Monte Brock posted on Sunday, April 23, 2000 - 11:00 am
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Wow these IMAX thingies really are popping up like mushrooms
But really I swear there was one here last weeek...
Thanks for the pic. How is it constructed/any neat stuff in the booth that allows for easy dis-assembly? |
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| Anonymous posted on Monday, April 24, 2000 - 01:36 pm
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| disney seems to care about itself and not imax |
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For those of you who are interested in the official number of theatres open in the IMAX® Theatre network, here are the most recent numbers.
As of March 31, 2000 there are 211 IMAX® theatres operating in 26 countries worldwide, 61 IMAX®, 63 IMAX® Dome, 83 IMAX® 3D, and three IMAX® 3D Dome. The above breakdowns include theatres which house more than one IMAX technology such as the IMAX/IMAX Dome/IMAX 3D theatre in Barcelona. In the United States there are 105 theatres; in Canada, 24; in Europe, 35; in Japan, 20; in Mexico, eight; in Asia, 10; in Australia, eight; in South Africa, one. |
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