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01.11.2022 - 01:41 / deadline.com
Imax missed Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings projections due to what it called “a temporary slowdown in the Hollywood pipeline,” but edged revenue estimates thanks to a string of local-language blockbusters.
The company’s net loss of 5 cents a share, reported Monday, marked an improvement from 8 cents in the year-ago period, but was worse than the Street’s expectation for a 3-cents-a-share profit. Revenue of $68.8 million climbed 21% over the year-earlier quarter and managed to beat analysts’ consensus outlook for $68.39 million. A key revenue driver was gross box office, which increased 25% to $177.1 million, with nearly one-third of it coming from local-language fare.
The film technology and large-format exhibition company sounded an optimistic note about “tailwinds” in the fourth quarter, singling out Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water. The Avatar sequel is the first of four planned follow-ups to director James Cameron’s effects-laden 2009 fantasy film, which scored more than $270 million at Imax locations en route to the top gross in movie history.
Results in the third quarter reflected a prolonged lull set during August and September, but Imax CEO Rich Gelfond pointed to strong results for local-language films. Not only are films tapping strong appetites in market, but the exec said titles like RRR and Japan’s Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero “are demonstrating the increasingly exportability of local films.” Gelfond said the company believes “we have only scratched the surface” of how local-langue titles can perform given how many of them have filled the void over the past two-plus years as Hollywood titles have been held back or pushed due to Covid.
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A mountain lion that frequents residential areas in the Griffith Park-Silver Lake-Hollywood area is apparently growing more aggressive.
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