---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-015274"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMAX"
cik: "0000921582"
company_name: "IMAX CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T10:56:50.298702+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IMAX Q1 revenue +45%, EBITDA +84%; system signings 63 YTD exceed all of 2022's 47

## Summary
- Q1 revenue increased 45% YoY; gross margin up 58%; adjusted EBITDA up 84%.
- Global box office hit record $273M for Q1; highest Q1 market share ever.
- Year-to-date system signings of 63, surpassing the 47 signed in all of 2022.
- Cash from operations improved to $21.2M from ($3.8M) in Q1 2022.
- Strong upcoming slate includes 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3', 'Fast X', 'The Flash', etc.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-015274
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMAX
- cik: 0000921582
- company_name: IMAX CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000095017023015274/0000950170-23-015274-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000095017023015274/imax-20230427.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-015274.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  IMAX CORP reported financial results for the first quarter of 2023.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 27, 2023, IMAX Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000095017023015274/0000950170-23-015274-index.htm

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