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Do Event Movies Play in IMAX? A Live Count of the Last 20 Years
● LIVE COUNT · Updated Aug 29, 2026 · 419 of 437 event movies classified · grows as data lands The USA Times standard An event movie takes ≥26.18% of a single week’s U.S. box office. Tiers: Event 26.18–38.2%, Major event 38.2–61.8%, Phenomenon 61.8%+. Not every big movie gets the giant screen. Some open in…
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The Event Movies of 2026, So Far (Updated Weekly)
A live ledger of every 2026 film that has met the USA Times event-movie standard — led by Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s record $360M opening. Updated weekly.
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The Event Movies of the Last 20 Years: The Complete USA Times Index
The master ledger of every film since 2020 that owned a week of the U.S. box office – now including the asterisk year, 2020 – graded into golden-ratio tiers and checked for profitability.
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The Event Movies of 2025: Every Film That Took Over a Week at the Box Office
The films that met the USA Times event-movie standard in 2025 — from A Minecraft Movie’s record $163M debut to Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash — with a sourced table and chart.
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The Event Movies of 2024: Every Film That Took Over a Week at the Box Office
The films that met the USA Times event-movie standard in 2024 — from Deadpool & Wolverine’s $211M debut to Moana 2 — with a sourced table and chart of the year’s biggest openings.
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What Is an Event Movie? The USA Times Definition
USA Times sets a precise, public bar for the films that briefly become the event: a movie qualifies if, in any single week, it takes ≥26.18% of the U.S. box office or ≥6.18% of the global box office. A golden-ratio standard — for the world to use.
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IMAX Aspect Ratios, Explained: 1.43:1 vs 1.90:1 — and How to Tell What You’re Really Getting
Not all “IMAX” is the same shape. The tall 1.43:1 is true IMAX; the wider 1.90:1 is digital IMAX — and the tall frame shows up to 40% more picture. Here’s the difference, where to find the real thing, and the answer to “what aspect ratio is AMC Empire 25’s IMAX?”
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Since 1940: Every Year’s Biggest Indian Film — and the Budget Boom That Changed the Math
USA Times charted the highest-grossing Indian film of every year from 1940 to 2026 — ₹0.55 crore to ₹1,850 crore — then set the modern era’s hits against their budgets. The long view is a hockey stick; the recent view is subtler: budgets exploded, yet the return on the year’s biggest film shrank. Interactive charts,…
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Wikipedia Credits a 1982 Bollywood Film With Nearly Double Sholay’s Gross. Its Citations Are About Completely Different Movies.
Wikipedia’s highest-grossing-Indian-films table credits Disco Dancer (1982) with nearly double Sholay’s gross. We checked its citations — they’re about entirely different, much more recent films. The number itself checks out anyway. Here’s how.
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Every Screen on Earth That Can Show The Odyssey in True IMAX 70mm — All 41 of Them
The Odyssey is the first film shot entirely on IMAX 15/70 film, and demand for the 70mm presentation has stunned IMAX. Only 41 screens worldwide can show it in 1.43:1 — here is the complete, verified list.