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IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that moviegoers returned to Pandora in droves with James Cameron’s groundbreaking sci-fi sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” delivering a massive $48.8 million global opening weekend in IMAX theaters \u2014 the second biggest IMAX global opening of all time. Disney\/Lightstorm’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” also claimed IMAX’s biggest December global opening of all time. Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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