'Dark Knight' fuels sunny day at Imax

July 21, 2008 The claim -- made in the heady afterglow of Warner Bros.' record bow of its latest Batman sequel -- is similar to sentiments expressed by Imax execs at various points in recent years, when Hollywood films like "The Matrix" and other big commercial releases started hitting giant-screen venues simultaneously with conventional theaters. -- The $158.4 million opening for the latest Batman sequel featured $6.2 million from just 94 Imax screens, or a mind-numbing $67,000 per venue. [...] combined with favorable publicity from its "Dark Knight" success, Imax hopes to have a much larger installed base of giant screens soon.

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