PATHE CINEMAS and IMAX Corporation announced a significant expansion to their historical partnership with five new IMAX® with Laser systems in Europe, including four in France. The new agreement also spans distribution, with IMAX and PATHE LIVE, PATHE's subsidiary dedicated to production and distribution of event cinema, set to release three upcoming PATHE LIVE films across the IMAX network. The first of the three films under the deal will be the first-ever Filmed for IMAX classical ballet stage performance released in cinemas.

Co-produced by Paris Opera and PATHE LIVE and distributed worldwide by PATHE LIVE, Rudolf Nureyev's choreographed ballet "Swan Lake" will be performed by the Paris Opera Ballet and filmed next summer with IMAX certified cameras for a targeted global release at the end of 2024. In 2022, IMAX and PATHE LIVE successfully collaborated on the first concert ever to be released through the Filmed for IMAX camera program, "Indochine's Central Tour".IMAX continues to drive significant box office results in France --a top-ten market for the Company -- and remains on-pace to match its highest grossing year ever at the French box office, set in 2019. The ground-breaking 4K laser projection system features a new optical engine, custom designed lenses, and a suite of proprietary technology that delivers brighter images with increased resolution, deeper contrast, and the widest range of colors exclusively to IMAX screens.