Imax Sees Record February Box Office, Thanks to ‘Black Panther’

Citing the powerhouse “Black Panther” and a gigantic Chinese New Year performance, Imax Corp., has reported it achieved record box office for February.CEO Richard Gelfond made the disclosure Tuesday as part of the company’s fourth quarter earnings report, issued after the stock market closed.“I am pleased to say that 2018 is off to a solid start,” Gelfond said.

“We recently achieved record box office in February, led by ‘Black Panther,’ which did $35 million in Imax box office over the four-day opening weekend.

In China, we exhibited three local-language titles during the Chinese New Year period and grew box office 60%, compared to the prior years’ holiday.”Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” has become the third-highest grossing Marvel Cinematic Universe release of all-time domestically, behind only “The Avengers” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” “Black Panther” took in $8.1 million on Monday, lifting its domestic total to a sensational $411.7 after only 11 days.

Its international

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