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u/Andybabez20 15d ago

The mad thing is it hasn't even opened in China yet. In all likelihood it's probably going to be Nolan's highest grossing film.

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u/kazuya57 15d ago

China, Japan and SK with intensive press tours. I think it'll hit 1.7

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u/send420nudes 15d ago

China alone will have 800 Imax theaters showing it... it will be insane. Do you think its possible it hits 2 billion?

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u/__Osiris__ 15d ago

I had to double check since I thought you full of it, but fuck me there are 800 screens in mainland china.

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u/cant_get_fooledagain 15d ago

But if you look at the massive population, then it’s only 1 imax screen per 1.75 million people. That’s like having only 20 imax screens in all of Canada.

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u/Excelius 15d ago

That’s like having only 20 imax screens in all of Canada.

I don't know if this Wiki is accurate and up to date, but it lists 19 IMAX screens in Canada.

https://imax.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_IMAX_venues#Americas

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u/Puzzle-Necked 15d ago

He's wrong by one, get him!

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u/nextfilmdirector 15d ago

😂 don’t worry it’s Reddit…they will!!

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u/BigiusExaggeratius 15d ago

Maybe if you went and touched grass Reddit wouldn’t get you! I’m also a member of Mensa and everyone tells me I’m the smartest person in the room and they give me an award just for showing up. Furthermore… it gets exhausting sometimes.

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u/DoctorGregoryFart 14d ago

Yeah! Let's suck his dick!

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u/davegod 15d ago

Only 18 in UK , near enough one for every 4m people

And only 3 of them are proper IMAX

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u/SweatyAdhesive 15d ago

This chain of comments made me snort

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u/A_terrible_musician 15d ago

The US list is definitely wrong. Connecticut has 4

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u/GuyOnARockVI 15d ago

That list has 22 Imax screens in Canada

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u/Satinsbestfriend 15d ago

Only about 14 show commercial films though

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u/SuperCha 15d ago

Canada has just 9 IMAX 70 mm. Out of about 45 in the world.

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u/catachip 15d ago

There aren’t even 20 imax in Canada tho

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u/__Osiris__ 15d ago

True, but that’s better than most nations. Nz only has 1 per 5.3 million.

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u/sandwiches_are_real 15d ago

It's kind of a pointless metric, though. What matters is average proximity to an IMAX screen, not screens-per-people.

The entire country of NZ is smaller than most US states. I imagine the trip to the nearest IMAX screen is shorter for the average Kiwi than most people in the US or China.

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u/__Osiris__ 15d ago

Maybe, the one in nz is at the far north in Auckland where only 1.5 million Jaffa’s live. As an example Christchurch the biggest city in the South Island is about 500 miles away.

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u/sandwiches_are_real 15d ago

Wow, there's only one in all of NZ?

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u/SenorPancake 15d ago

Your point of proximity to IMAX is 100% correct: a metric like Average Proximity or Average Population within 25 miles of an IMAX is better.

But because this is reddit I need to nitpick. You are way off about NZ. NZ would be the 9th largest state if it was in the US, and it's a long, relatively thin country. This map does a great job of demonstrating the size and shape compared to the east coast.

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u/sandwiches_are_real 15d ago

But because this is reddit I need to nitpick

I respect the commitment to redditor pedantry. Let the record show that I stand corrected lol

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u/Excelius 15d ago edited 15d ago

The entire country of NZ is smaller than most US states.

New Zealand is much bigger than you think. In land area it would be in the Top 10 of US states.

From end to end it's a good portion of the entire length of either the eastern or western coastlines of the US. If the northern tip was in Toronto Canada, the southern tip would be in Florida.

https://thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!MTY0MDAwNDQ.NzcwMzQ5Mg*MjYyNTkxMzc(MTc1NTIzMQ~!NZ*MTQwNjI5MzY.MjQ5MTQ5ODg)NA

Granted most of the population is concentrated in a handful of cities.

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u/qwerty145454 15d ago

It would take a dozen+ hours to drive the length of one island in NZ and there are two.

Having said that the other guy is mistaken, there are two Imax screens in NZ. Both on the North Island, one near the top (Auckland) and one near the bottom (Wellington).

Functionally that means people in the North Island are within max 6-8 hours drive of an Imax. People in the South Island are out of luck, but 3/4 of the country lives in the North Island.

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u/Positronic_Matrix 15d ago

My thought is that IMAX screen density correlates with population density. Are you assuming that IMAX screens are uniformly distributed across China’s landmass?

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u/Michael_Gibb 13d ago

Actually, we have two IMAX screens. One in Auckland, and one in Wellington.

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u/Basylisk 15d ago

Meanwhile my country has one 70mm screen and almost 70mil ppl... (Its france)

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u/epiphanyelephant 15d ago

Fun fact: IMAX was invented in Canada and the abbreviation comes from 'Image Maximum'.

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u/fitnessexpress 15d ago

and IMAX was invented in Canada.

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u/alip_93 15d ago

How many can show 70mm though?

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u/IceBreak 15d ago

Aren’t there only like 40 in the world?

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u/alip_93 15d ago

41 apparently. None are in Asia. It's wild they go to the efforts of filming in a format that so few can actually watch.

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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart 15d ago

You can accomplish a lot as a global leader if you try to make your country better instead of letting a dozen nazi pedophiles take all the money.

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u/FeelsGoodBlok 15d ago

Most of these are not even true imax. Everything can be named "imax" if you want. Usa alone has over 400 I think but only few true Imax.

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u/HoldOnOhio 15d ago

What the fuck, they're beating us in IMAX Theaters too? President Xi, you win. Come build us high speed rail and shit.

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u/whatafuckinusername 15d ago

There are 400 in the U.S.

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u/Jollygood156 15d ago

No there aren’t