The Polar Express in IMAX(R) 3D Returns This Holiday Season for an Exclusive IMAX-Only Engagement

The Polar Express in IMAX(R) 3D Returns This Holiday Season for an Exclusive IMAX-Only Engagement

Record-Breaking IMAX 3D Film Brought Back by Popular Demand - Tickets Are Now On Sale

New Holiday Classic Generates Strong Advance Ticket Sales

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In recognition of its tremendous popularity around the world, The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience will be re-released by Warner Bros. Pictures beginning Wednesday, November 23rd for an exclusive IMAX-only encore engagement. As the first full- length feature film ever converted into IMAX(R) 3D, the record-breaking film opened last season to critical acclaim and unprecedented box-office success, cementing its place as highest-grossing IMAX digitally re-mastered film to date, generating $45 million on just 84 IMAX screens. The holiday film will be sharing its screen-time with the blockbuster hit Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The IMAX Experience at many IMAX theatres, and will play on a total of 83 screens.

"When I saw the tests for The Polar Express in IMAX 3D, I was excited that audiences would be able to experience the movie this way," said director Robert Zemeckis. "The 3D adds incredible depth and allows the viewers to experience the visual splendor and amazing adventure of this classic story in a way which should create a really memorable experience, not only this holiday season but for years to come."

IMAX 3D is the world's premiere 3D movie experience. As the innovator and leader in 3D entertainment for more than 20 years, IMAX is the only large- screen experience that completely immerses the audience into the 3D world, allowing objects to maintain lifelike size and be brought in front of the screen -- right into the audience's faces. Last holiday season, from New York to London to Mexico City to Malaysia, The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience became a 'must see' movie around the world. In its second run, IMAX Theatres have already recorded strong advanced ticket sales throughout North America -- and have posted strong early results in select cities in the United Kingdom, Spain and Mexico, where the film has already debuted.

"Audiences responded with great enthusiasm to this movie when it opened in IMAX 3D last year," said Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. "We're very pleased to kick off the holiday season again this year with The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience, and hope that it continues to conjure up magic for families everywhere."

IMAX 3D DMR is a process by which a conventional 2D, computer-generated film is converted into 3D and then digitally re-mastered into IMAX's larger than life format using IMAX DMR(R) technology. The proprietary IMAX DMR process creates a film format for The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience which is 10 times larger than its original. For audiences wearing special IMAX 3D glasses, the film will appear to have depth both beyond and in front of the screen. The sheer size, combined with the IMAX 3D projection technology, will provide moviegoers with an immersive, extraordinary, cinematic experience as they grasp at the falling snowflakes and duck as the train screeches to a halt in their lap.

The Academy Award(R)-winning team of Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away) reunited for this inspiring holiday adventure based on the classic Caldecott Medal-winning children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience will be playing at the following IMAX 3D Theatres, unless otherwise noted:

Opening November 23 and 25, 2005

Arizona
Tempe -- IMAX Theatre at Arizona Mills

California
Dublin -- Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX
Irvine -- Edwards Irvine Spectrum IMAX
Los Angeles -- Universal CityWalk IMAX Theatre
Ontario -- Edwards Ontario Palace IMAX
Sacramento - Esquire IMAX Theatre
San Francisco -- Loews IMAX Theatre at Metreon
San Jose - Hackworth IMAX DOME Theater, The Tech Museum of Innovation **

Colorado
Denver -- UA Colorado Center IMAX Theatre

District of Columbia
Washington -- Johnson IMAX Theater, National Museum of Natural History

Florida
Fort Lauderdale -- Blockbuster IMAX Theater at Museum of Discovery and
Science
St. Augustine -- World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theatre *
Tampa -- Channelside IMAX

Georgia
Atlanta -- Regal Mall of Georgia IMAX

Illinois
Chicago -- Navy Pier IMAX Theatre
Lincolnshire -- Regal Lincolnshire IMAX
Woodridge -- Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Seven Bridges

Indiana
Evansville -- Showplace Cinemas IMAX Theatre
Indianapolis-IMAX Theatre at the Indiana State Museum

Iowa
Cedar Rapids -- McLeod/Busse IMAX Theatre Science Station **
Davenport -- Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre
Des Moines -- Science Centre of Iowa *

Kansas
Kansas City -- AMC Studio 30 IMAX Theatre

Kentucky
Louisville -- IMAX Theatre at Showcase Cinemas Stonybrook

Massachusetts
Boston -- Simons IMAX Theatre, New England Aquarium
Natick -- Comcast IMAX 3D Theater at Jordan's Furniture
Reading -- Comcast IMAX 3D Theater at Jordan's Furniture

Michigan
Dearborn -- The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre
Grand Rapids -- IMAX Theatre at Celebration! Cinema
Lansing -- IMAX Theatre Celebration! Cinema

Minnesota
Apple Valley -- Imation IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo

Missouri
St. Louis -- Ronnies 20 Cine IMAX

Nebraska
Omaha -- Lozier IMAX Theater, Henry Doorly Zoo

Nevada
Las Vegas -- Brenden IMAX Theatre at the Palms Casino Resort

New Jersey
Atlantic City -- IMAX Theatre at Tropicana

New York
Buffalo -- Regal Transit Center IMAX
New Rochelle -- Regal New Roc City IMAX
New York -- Loews IMAX Theatre, Lincoln Square
West Nyack -- IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center

North Carolina
Raleigh -- IMAX Theatre at Exploris

Ohio
Cincinnati -- IMAX Theatre at Showcase Cinemas Springdale
Columbus -- AMC IMAX Theatre, Columbus

Oklahoma
Tulsa -- Cinemark IMAX Theatre at The Tulsa

Oregon
Portland -- OMSI OMNIMAX Dome Theatre **

Pennsylvania
King of Prussia -- UA King of Prussia IMAX
Pittsburgh -- Rangos OMNIMAX Theater at Carnegie Science Center **

Rhode Island
Providence -- Feinstein IMAX Theatre

South Carolina
Charleston -- The Charleston IMAX Theatre at Aquarium Wharf

Tennessee
Chattanooga -- IMAX 3D Theater at Tennessee Aquarium
Nashville -- Regal Opry Mills IMAX

Texas
Austin -- IMAX Theatre at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Dallas -- Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Cinemark 17
Fort Worth -- OMNI THEATRE, Fort Worth Museum of Science**
Houston -- Edwards Houston Marq*E IMAX
San Antonio -- IMAX Theatre San Antonio Rivercenter

Utah
Sandy -- Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons

Virginia
Hampton -- Riverside 3D IMAX Theater at the Virginia Air & Space Center
Richmond -- Ethyl IMAX Dome & Planetarium, Science Museum of Virginia**
Virginia Beach -- Virginia Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater

Washington
Seattle -- Pacific Science Center's Boeing IMAX Theater

CANADA

Alberta
Calgary -- Cineplex Galaxy IMAX Theatre, Paramount Chinook

British Columbia
Vancouver -- CN Theatre at Canada Place

Nova Scotia
Halifax -- Empire IMAX Theatre

Ontario
Mississauga -- Cineplex Galaxy IMAX Theatre, Coliseum Mississauga
Woodbridge -- Cineplex Galaxy IMAX Theatre, Colossus Woodbridge

Quebec
Quebec City -- IMAX Le Theatre, Les Galeries de la Capitale

INTERNATIONAL

Ecuador
Guayaquil -- IMAX Theatre Malecon 2000 **

Poland
Katowice -- IMAX Theatre Katowice

Additional Opening Dates (check IMAX.com for launch date)

INTERNATIONAL

Australia
Melbourne -- IMAX Melbourne at the Museum of Victoria
Sydney -- LG IMAX Theatre

Mexico
Guadalajara -- Cinepolis IMAX Theatre Plaza Galerias
Mexico City -- Megapantalla IMAX Theatre, Papalote Museo del Nino
Monterrey -- Cinepolis IMAX Theatre Valle Oriente

Russia
Moscow -- Nescafe IMAX Theatre

Slovakia
Bratislava -- Metropolis Plus, S.R.O. Kino Orange IMAX

Spain
Barcelona -- IMAX Port Vell
Madrid -- IMAX Madrid
Malaga -- IMAX Plaza Mayor

United Kingdom
Birmingham -- Cinegrand Birmingham IMAX Theatre
Bristol -- IMAX Theatre at Bristol
London -- Science Museum IMAX Cinema
London -- bfi London IMAX Cinema
Manchester -- UCI IMAX Cinema at Printworks, Manchester

* IMAX 2D Theatre
** IMAX 2D Dome Theatre

Check local listings or IMAX.com for additional theatres, showtimes and opening dates.

About IMAX Corporation

Founded in 1967, IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq: IMAX; TSX: IMAX) is the newest distribution platform for Hollywood content and one of the world's leading entertainment technology companies. IMAX delivers the world's best cinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX, IMAX 3D, and IMAX DMR technology. IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) makes it possible for virtually any 35mm film to be transformed into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience. The IMAX brand is recognized throughout the world for extraordinary and immersive entertainment experiences. As of September 30, 2005, there were 261 IMAX theatres operating in more than 38 countries.

IMAX(R), IMAX(R) 3D, IMAX DMR(R) and The IMAX Experience(R) are trademarks of IMAX Corporation. More information on the Company can be found at http://www.imax.com/.

Source: IMAX Corporation

CONTACT: Jan Craft of Warner Bros. Pictures, +1-818-954-2279,
jan.craft@warnerbros.com; or Maggie Dunn of IMAX Corporation, +1-310-255-5585,
mdunn@imax.com

Web site: http://www.imax.com/

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