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Elevated having a solid summer season, large-screen exhib Imax has joined $1.6 billion in grosses in the digital conversion process since the launch of the first studio release, "Matrix Revolutions," in 2003.Known to as DMR, their proprietary digital conversion process may be used to permit large-screen format exhibition of studio tentpole photos."The important thing sauce within our business remains visionary filmmakers, art galleries who recognize the incremental box office that Imax would bring for his or her blockbuster game game titles, and participants with great multiplexes," mentioned Imax prexy Greg Promote, who spoke staying with you of America Merrill Lynch 2011 media, communications and entertainment confab."The wealth of the era window validates people partners, (with) each yanking their unique weight," Promote told Variety.In the $1.6 billion, Promote mentioned greater than two-thirds remains acquired since 2008. Imax has released a complete 78 game game titles since 2003, which 50 bowed after 2008. "Avatar" ranks unquestionably as Imax's finest-grossing title with $243 million worldwide, including $134 million in domestic receipts.Imax's total DMR worldwide grosses since 2003 total $562 million, nearly all that was acquired within the last few years. Imax grosses this summer season saw a somewhat even split between domestic and overseas. China, Japan and Russia will be the fastest growing worldwide areas for that organization. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com