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IMAX Feasts at the Global Box Office with Record $40.8 Million Thanksgiving Weekend
NEW YORK, December 01, 2025--IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) shattered its box office record for the Thanksgiving holiday period, delivering $40.8 million worldwide for the five-day stretch behind the hit tandem of Disney’s "Zootopia 2" and Universal’s "Wicked: For Good." The results topped the Company’s previous Thanksgiving record — set just last year in 2024 with $24 million — by an impressive 70% and marks the best global November weekend in IMAX history.
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