Global leader in immersive entertainment technology, known for its large-format cinemas and cutting-edge film technology.
IMAX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment technology company worldwide. It offers cinematic solutions through proprietary software, theater architecture, intellectual property, and specialized equipment.
The company provides IMAX Digital Re-Mastering (DMR), a proprietary technology enhancing image resolution, visual clarity, and sound quality of motion pictures for projection on IMAX screens. IMAX distributes theater systems via sales, leases, and joint revenue sharing, alongside digital projection systems. It also offers preventive and emergency maintenance to its IMAX network, distributes large-format documentary films, provides film post-production and quality control services, and rents 2D and 3D large-format film and digital cameras. IMAX advises documentary and Hollywood filmmakers, markets theater systems globally to museums, zoos, theme parks, and other cultural centers, and holds trademarks like IMAX, IMAX Dome, IMAX 3D, and IMAX DMR.
As of December 31, 2021, IMAX operated 1,683 theater systems worldwide, including commercial multiplexes, destinations, and institutional facilities across 87 countries and territories. IMAX Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.