---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-028907"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMAX"
cik: "0000921582"
company_name: "IMAX CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:28:47.540532+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IMAX Q1 net income up 83% YoY; box office $260M; reaffirms FY $1.4B guidance

## Summary
- Q1 global box office $260M; North America +75%, Rest of World (ex-China) +60% YoY.
- Net income attributable to common shareholders up 83% YoY; EPS up 75%; adjusted EPS up 31%.
- Signed 42 IMAX systems across 10 countries YTD; largest Australia deal and 7 in Japan.
- CEO Rich Gelfond gradually returning to duties after pneumonia; management executing day-to-day.
- Reaffirms FY2026 guidance: $1.4B global box office; slate includes Nolan, Villeneuve, Favreau, Gerwig.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-028907
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMAX
- cik: 0000921582
- company_name: IMAX CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+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/921582/000162828026028907/0001628280-26-028907-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000162828026028907/imax-20260430.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  IMAX CORP reported financial results for first quarter 2026.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000162828026028907/0001628280-26-028907-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  IMAX CORP updated its 2026 full-year guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: 2026 full-year
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: IMAX reaffirms 2026 full-year guidance, including $1.4 billion in global box office
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000162828026028907/0001628280-26-028907-index.htm

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