--- title: Mars Needs Moms Blasts Into IMAX(R) Theatres This Friday publisher: "IMAX" description: "IMAX(R) 3D Release of Mars Needs Moms Opens on More Than 256 IMAX Screens LOS ANGELES, Mar 7, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX), and The Walt Disney Studios announced today that the out-of-this-world animated adventure Mars Needs Moms will be released in the" canonical: "https://www.imax.com/pr/mars-needs-moms-blasts-imaxr-theatres-friday" date: 2011-03-07 last_updated: 2011-03-07 --- Mars Needs Moms Blasts Into IMAX(R) Theatres This Friday ======================================================== Mon, Mar 7, 2011 **IMAX(R) 3D Release of Mars Needs Moms Opens on More Than 256 IMAX Screens** LOS ANGELES, Mar 7, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX), and The Walt Disney Studios announced today that the out-of-this-world animated adventure Mars Needs Moms will be released in the immersive IMAX(R) 3D format on Friday, March 11th. The film will open on 211 IMAX screens domestically, simultaneous with its North American wide release. The film will also open on at least 45 IMAX screens internationally, with 25 screens releasing day-and-date. Additional international playdates are expected to be confirmed in the coming days. Mars Needs Moms: An IMAX 3D Experience has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R) with proprietary IMAX DMR(R) (Digital Re-mastering) technology for presentation in IMAX 3D. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique immersive environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie. **About Mars Needs Moms:** "Take out the trash, eat your broccoli"--who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green) finds out just how much he needs his mom (Joan Cusack) when she's nabbed by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Produced by the team behind "Disney's A Christmas Carol" and "The Polar Express," "Mars Needs Moms" chronicles Milo's quest to save his mom--a wild adventure in Disney Digital 3D(TM) and IMAX(R) 3D that involves stowing away on a spaceship, navigating an elaborate, multi-level planet and taking on the alien nation and its leader (Mindy Sterling). With the help of a tech-savvy, underground earthman named Gribble (Dan Fogler) and a rebel Martian girl called Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), Milo just might find his way back to his mom--in more ways than one. The film is directed by Simon Wells and produced by Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, and Steven Boyd. Simon Wells and Wendy Wells wrote the screenplay, based on the book by Berkeley Breathed. Mars Needs Moms will be distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. This film has been rated PG for sci-fi action and peril. Mars Needs Moms: An IMAX 3D Experience is scheduled to play day-and-date at the following IMAX theatres beginning March 11th: UNITED STATES Alabama Hoover -- Rave Patton Creek 15 + IMAX Tuscaloosa -- Hollywood 16 Cinemas & IMAX Alaska Anchorage -- Regal Tikahtnu Stadium 16 & IMAX Fairbanks -- Regal Goldstream Stadium 16 & IMAX Arizona Glendale -- AMC Westgate 20 with IMAX Mesa -- Dickinson Gateway 12 IMAX Theatre Phoenix -- AMC Deer Valley 30 with IMAX Phoenix -- AMC Desert Ridge 18 with IMAX Tempe -- Harkins Arizona Mills IMAX Tucson -- AMC Foothills 15 with IMAX Arkansas Little Rock -- Dickinson Chenal 9 IMAX Theatre California Alhambra -- Regal Renaissance Stadium 14 & IMAX Aliso Viejo -- Regal Aliso Viejo Stadium 20 & IMAX Arcadia -- AMC Santa Anita 16 with IMAX Burbank -- AMC Burbank 30 with IMAX Camarillo -- Regal Camarillo Palace Stadium 12 & IMAX Covina -- AMC Covina 30 with IMAX Cupertino -- AMC Cupertino Square 16 with IMAX El Dorado Hills -- Regal El Dorado Hills Stadium 14 & IMAX Emeryville -- AMC Bay Street 16 with IMAX Escondido -- Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX Fairfield -- Regal Fairfield Stadium 16 & IMAX Fresno -- Regal Fresno Stadium 21 + IMAX Irvine -- Regal Irvine Spectrum 21 + IMAX Long Beach -- Regal Long Beach Stadium 26 & IMAX Los Angeles -- AMC Century City 15 with IMAX Los Angeles -- Rave 18 & IMAX Los Angeles -- AMC Universal Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX National City -- AMC Plaza Bonita 14 with IMAX Ontario -- Regal Ontario Palace Stadium 22 & IMAX Orange -- AMC 30 At The Block with IMAX Riverside -- AMC Tyler Galleria 16 with IMAX Rowland Heights -- AMC Puente Hills 20 with IMAX San Diego -- AMC Mission Valley 20 with IMAX San Diego -- AMC Palm Promenade 24 with IMAX San Diego -- Regal Mira Mesa Stadium 18 & IMAX San Jose -- AMC Eastridge Mall 15 with IMAX Santa Clara -- AMC Mercado 20 with IMAX Santa Clarita -- Regal Valencia Stadium 12 & IMAX Simi Valley -- Regal Civic Center Stadium 16 & IMAX South Gate -- Regal South Gate Stadium 20 & IMAX Stockton -- Regal City Centre Stadium 16 & IMAX Temecula -- Regal Temecula Stadium15 & IMAX Torrance -- AMC Del Amo 18 with IMAX Woodland Hills -- AMC Promenade 16 with IMAX Colorado Denver -- Regal Colorado Center Stadium 8 & IMAX Highlands Ranch -- AMC Highlands Ranch 24 & IMAX Westminster -- AMC Orchard 12 with IMAX Westminster -- AMC Westminster Promenade 24 with IMAX Connecticut Manchester -- Rave Buckland Hills 18 & IMAX Milford -- Rave Connecticut Post 14 + IMAX Plainville -- AMC Plainville 20 with IMAX Florida Altamonte Springs -- AMC Altamonte Mall 18 with IMAX Aventura -- AMC Aventura 24 with IMAX Brandon -- AMC The Regency 20 with IMAX Destin -- Rave Destin Commons 14 + IMAX Fort Lauderdale -- AutoNation IMAX at Museum of Discovery & Science Fort Myers -- Regal Gulf Coast Town Center Stadium 16 & IMAX Jacksonville -- AMC Regency 24 with IMAX Lakeland -- Cobb Lakeside 18 & IMAX Oldsmar -- AMC Woodlands Square 20 with IMAX Orange Park -- AMC Orange Park 24 with IMAX Orlando -- AMC Universal Cineplex 20 with IMAX Orlando -- Regal Waterford Lakes Stadium 20 & IMAX Pensacola -- Rave Bayou 15 + IMAX South Miami -- AMC Sunset Place 24 with IMAX St. Augustine -- World Golf Village IMAX St. Petersburg -- Muvico Baywalk 19 & IMAX Sunrise -- Regal Sawgrass Stadium 23 & IMAX Tallahassee -- AMC Tallahassee Mall 20 with IMAX Tampa -- AMC Veterans 24 with IMAX West Palm Beach -- Muvico Parisian 20 & IMAX Georgia Atlanta -- Regal Atlantic Station 16 & IMAX Augusta -- Regal Augusta Exchange Stadium 20 & IMAX Morrow -- AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 with IMAX Hawaii Honolulu -- Regal Dole Cannery 18 & IMAX Idaho Boise -- Regal Boise Stadium 21 + IMAX Illinois Batavia -- Goodrich Randall 15 IMAX Chicago -- Navy Pier IMAX Theatre Hodgkins -- AMC Quarry Cinemas 14 with IMAX Lincolnshire -- Regal Lincolnshire Stadium 21 & IMAX Lombard -- AMC Yorktown 17 with IMAX Naperville -- AMC Showplace 16 Naperville with IMAX Schaumburg -- AMC Streets of Woodfield 20 with IMAX Skokie -- AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18 with IMAX South Barrington -- AMC Barrington 30 with IMAX Indiana Evansville -- Showplace East 18 & IMAX Fort Wayne -- Rave Jefferson Point 18 + IMAX Indianapolis -- AMC Showplace 16 with IMAX Noblesville -- Goodrich Hamilton 16 IMAX Portage -- Goodrich Portage 16 IMAX Iowa Davenport -- Rave Davenport 18 + IMAX Kansas Leawood -- AMC Town Center 20 with IMAX Olathe -- AMC Studio 30 KC with IMAX Wichita -- 21st Street Warren IMAX Kentucky Louisville -- Rave Stonybrook 20 + IMAX Newport -- AMC Newport Levee 20 with IMAX Louisiana Baton Rouge -- Rave Mall of Louisiana 15 + IMAX Bossier City -- Regal Louisiana Boardwalk Stadium 14 & IMAX Harahan -- AMC Elmwood Palace 20 with IMAX Maine Saco -- Cinemagic & IMAX in Saco Maryland Baltimore -- AMC Loews White Marsh 16 with IMAX Columbia -- AMC Columbia 14 with IMAX Silver Spring -- Regal Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX Massachusetts Boston -- AMC Loews Boston Common 19 with IMAX Danvers -- AMC Liberty Tree Mall 20 with IMAX Methuen -- AMC Methuen 20 with IMAX Natick -- Jordan's Furniture IMAX 3D Theatre Randolph -- Showcase Randolph 16 & IMAX Reading -- Jordan's Furniture IMAX 3D Theatre Michigan Auburn Hills -- AMC Star Great Lakes 25 with IMAX Dearborn -- The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre Grand Blanc -- NCG Trillium Cinema & IMAX Lansing -- Celebration! Lansing 19 & IMAX Livonia -- AMC Livonia 20 with IMAX Sterling Heights -- AMC Forum 30 with IMAX Ypsilanti -- Rave Ann Arbor 20 & IMAX Minnesota Eden Prairie -- AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18 with IMAX Edina -- AMC Southdale 16 with IMAX Maple Grove -- AMC Arbor Lakes 16 with IMAX Roseville -- AMC Rosedale 14 with IMAX Missouri Hazelwood -- Regal St. Louis Mills Stadium 18 & IMAX Independence -- AMC Independence Commons 20 with IMAX Kansas City -- AMC BarryWoods 24 with IMAX Nebraska Omaha -- AMC Oakview Plaza 24 with IMAX Nevada Henderson -- Regal Sunset Station Stadium 13 & IMAX Las Vegas -- Brenden Palms 13 + IMAX Las Vegas -- Regal Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAX North Las Vegas -- Regal Aliante Stadium 16 & IMAX New Hampshire Hooksett -- Cinemagic & IMAX in Hooksett New Jersey Cherry Hill -- AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24 with IMAX Elizabeth -- AMC Jersey Gardens 20 with IMAX Hamilton -- AMC Hamilton 24 with IMAX New Brunswick -- Loews New Brunswick 18 with IMAX Paramus -- AMC Garden State 16 with IMAX Rockaway -- AMC Rockaway 16 with IMAX New York Albany -- Regal Crossgates Mall 18 & IMAX Brooklyn -- Regal Sheepshead Bay 14 & IMAX Deer Park -- Regal Deer Park Stadium 16 & IMAX New York City -- AMC 34th Street 14 with IMAX New York City -- AMC Empire 25 with IMAX New York City -- AMC Kips Bay 15 with IMAX New York City -- AMC Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX Port Chester -- AMC Port Chester 14 with IMAX Stony Brook -- AMC Stony Brook 17 with IMAX West Nyack -- IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center White Plains -- National Amusements City Center 15 IMAX Williamsville -- Regal Transit Center Stadium 18 & IMAX North Carolina Cary -- Regal Crossroads Stadium 20 & IMAX Charlotte -- Regal Stonecrest At Piper Glen Stadium 22 & IMAX Concord -- AMC Concord Mills 24 with IMAX Raleigh -- Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum Ohio Beavercreek -- Rave The Greene 14 + IMAX Columbus -- AMC Easton Town Center 30 with IMAX Columbus -- AMC Lennox Town Center 24 with IMAX Springdale -- Springdale 18: Cinema de Lux IMAX Westlake -- Regal Crocker Park Stadium 16 & IMAX Oklahoma Oklahoma City -- AMC Quail Springs 24 with IMAX Tulsa -- AMC Southroads 20 with IMAX Oregon Eugene -- Regal Valley River Center Stadium 15 & IMAX Tigard -- Regal Bridgeport Village Stadium 18 & IMAX Pennsylvania Bensalem -- AMC Neshaminy 24 with IMAX Dickson City -- Great Escape Dickson City 14 IMAX Homestead -- AMC Waterfront 22 with IMAX Lititz -- Penn Cinema IMAX Philadelphia -- AMC Franklin Mills 14 with IMAX Reading -- RC Reading Movies 11 & IMAX Tarentum -- Cinemark Pittsburgh Mills Mall 17 \+ IMAX Rhode Island Providence -- Providence Place Cinemas 16 & IMAX South Carolina Charleston -- Citadel Mall Stadium 16 with IMAX Simpsonville -- Great Escape Simpsonville 14 IMAX Tennessee Chattanooga -- Rave East Ridge 18 + IMAX Knoxville -- Regal Pinnacle Stadium Cinemas 17 & IMAX Texas Amarillo -- Regal Amarillo Star Stadium 14 & IMAX Arlington -- AMC The Parks At Arlington 18 with IMAX Dallas -- AMC Northpark 15 with IMAX Dallas -- Cinemark 17 + IMAX Frisco -- AMC Stonebriar 24 with IMAX Garland -- AMC Firewheel 18 with IMAX Houston -- AMC Gulf Pointe 30 with IMAX Houston -- Regal Houston Marq\*e 23 & IMAX Mesquite -- AMC Mesquite 30 with IMAX San Antonio -- Santikos Palladium 18 IMAX Sugar Land -- AMC First Colony 24 with IMAX Tomball -- Santikos Silverado 19 IMAX Utah Salt Lake City -- Megaplex 12 & IMAX at The Gateway Sandy -- Megaplex 17 & IMAX at Jordan Commons South Jordan -- Megaplex 20 & IMAX at The District Virginia Alexandria -- AMC Hoffman Center 22 with IMAX Hampton -- AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 with IMAX Hampton -- Virginia Air & Space Center Riverside IMAX 3D Theater McLean -- AMC Tysons Corner 16 with IMAX Midlothian -- Regal Commonwealth 20 & IMAX Virginia Beach -- AMC Lynnhaven 18 with IMAX Woodbridge -- AMC Potomac Mills 18 with IMAX Washington Bellevue -- Lincoln Square Cinemas IMAX Theatre Kent -- AMC Kent Station 14 with IMAX Lacey -- Regal Martin Village Stadium 16 & IMAX Seattle -- Regal Thornton Place Stadium 14 & IMAX Spokane -- AMC River Park Square 20 with IMAX Tukwila -- AMC Southcenter 16 with IMAX Wisconsin Wauwatosa -- AMC Mayfair Mall 18 with IMAX CANADA Alberta Calgary -- Cineplex Scotiabank Chinook 16 + IMAX Theatre Edmonton -- Cineplex Scotiabank West Edmonton Mall IMAX Theatre British Columbia Langley -- Cineplex Colossus Langley & IMAX Ontario Kanata -- AMC Kanata 24 with IMAX Mississauga -- AMC Courtney Park 16 with IMAX Toronto -- AMC Yonge & Dundas 24 with IMAX Whitby -- AMC Whitby 24 with IMAX Woodbridge -- Cineplex Colossus Toronto & IMAX Quebec Quebec City -- Galeries de la Capitale IMAX INTERNATIONAL Argentina Buenos Aires -- IMAX Theatre Showcase at Center Norte\* Australia Sydney -- LG IMAX Theatre Sydney\* Bulgeria Sofia -- Mtel IMAX\* Colombia Bogota -- IMAX Plaza de las Americas\* Costa Rica San Jose -- Nova Cinemas de Repretel IMAX Avenida Escazu\*\* Czech Republic Prague -- Oskar IMAX -- Palace Flora\* Guatemala Guatemala City -- Circuito Alba IMAX Cines Pradera Concepcion\*\* Hungary Budapest -- Cinema City Arena IMAX Hungary\*\* Japan Fukuoka -- United Cinemas Canal City 13 IMAX\* Kawasaki -- 109 Cinemas Kawasaki IMAX\* Kishiwada -- United Cinemas Kishiwada IMAX\* Nagoya -- 109 Cinemas Nagoya IMAX\* Osaka -- 109 Cinemas Minoh IMAX\* Saitama -- 109 Cinemas Shobu IMAX\* Saitama -- United Cinemas Urawa IMAX\* Sapporo -- United Cinemas Sapporo IMAX\* Tokyo -- 109 Cinemas Grandberry Mall IMAX\* Kazakhstan Astana -- Kino Park Keruen IMAX\*\* Mexico Guadalajara -- Cinepolis Galerias IMAX Theatre\* Juarez -- Cinepolis Las Misiones Cd. Juarez IMAX Theatre\* Mexico City -- Cinepolis Perisur IMAX Theatre\* Mexico City -- Cinepolis Universidad IMAX Theatre\* Monterrey -- Cinepolis Galerias Valle Oriente\* Toluca -- Cinepolis Galerias Metepec IMAX Theatre\* Poland Katowice -- Cinema City Orange IMAX Katowice Punkt 44 Krakow -- Cinema City Orange IMAX Krakow Lodz -- Cinema City Orange IMAX Manufaktura Poznan -- Cinema City Orange Poznan IMAX Warsaw -- Cinema City Orange IMAX Sadyba Russia Moscow -- Coca-Cola IMAX Kinostar De Lux Khimki\*\* Moscow -- Coca-Cola IMAX KinoStar De Lux Teply Stan\*\* Moscow -- Coca-Cola IMAX Kinostar NY NY, Mega Belaya Dacha\*\* Moscow -- Karo October Cinema IMAX\*\* Moscow -- Nescafe IMAX\*\* Novosibirsk -- Cinema Park Royal Park IMAX\*\* Perm -- Kristall IMAX\*\* Saratov -- Cinema Park Triumph Mall IMAX\*\* St. Petersburg -- Coca-Cola IMAX Kinostar City IMAX\*\* St. Petersburg -- IMAX Formula Kino Galeria\*\* Ufa -- Cinema Park Iskra IMAX Theatre\*\* Voronezh -- Cinema Park The Galereya Chizhova IMAX\*\* Yekaterinburg -- Cinema Park Star Light IMAX\*\* Ukraine Kiev -- IMAX Theatre Kiev\*\* Lviv -- Planeta Kino IMAX\*\* Odessa -- Planeta Kino IMAX\*\* Please check local listings or IMAX.com for final theatre listings, launch dates and showtimes. \*\* denotes earlier launch \* denotes later launch **About IMAX Corporation** IMAX Corporation is one of the world's leading entertainment and technology companies, specializing in the creation and delivery of premium, awe-inspiring entertainment experiences. With a growing suite of cutting-edge motion picture and sound technologies, and a globally recognized entertainment brand, IMAX is singularly situated at the convergence of the entertainment industry, innovation and the digital media world. The industry's top filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX theatres to connect with audiences in extraordinary ways, and as such, the IMAX network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the globe. The Company's new digital projection and sound systems - combined with a growing blockbuster film slate - are fueling the rapid expansion of the IMAX network in established markets such as North America, Western Europe, and Japan, as well as emerging markets such as China and Russia. IMAX theaters deliver the world's best cinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX(R), IMAX 3D(R), and IMAX DMR(R) (Digital Re-Mastering) technologies. IMAX DMR enables virtually any motion picture to be transformed into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R). IMAX is headquartered in New York, Toronto and Los Angeles, with offices in London, Tokyo and Shanghai. As of December 31, 2010, there were 518 IMAX theatres (396 commercial, 122 institutional) operating in 46 countries. The IMAX Corporation logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6469 IMAX(R), IMAX(R) 3D, IMAX DMR(R), Experience It In IMAX(R), An IMAX 3D Experience(R) and The IMAX Experience(R) are trademarks of IMAX Corporation. More information about the Company can be found at www.imax.com. You may also connect with IMAX on Facebook (www.facebook.com/imax), Twitter (www.twitter.com/imax) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/imaxmovies). This press release contains forward looking statements that are based on management's assumptions and existing information and involve certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Important factors that could affect these statements include, but are not limited to, general economic, market or business conditions, including the length and severity of the current economic downturn, the opportunities that may be presented to and pursued by the Company, the performance of IMAX DMR films, conditions in the in-home and out-of home entertainment industries, the signing of theatre system agreements, changes and developments in the commercial exhibition industry, the failure to convert theatre system backlog into revenue, new business initiatives, investments and operations in foreign jurisdictions, foreign currency fluctuations and the Company's prior restatements and the related litigation and investigation by the SEC and the ongoing inquiry by the OSC. These factors and other risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. This news release was distributed by GlobeNewswire, www.globenewswire.com **SOURCE:** IMAX Corporation **CONTACT: **Entertainment Media: IMAX Corporation - Santa Monica Rebecca Klein 310-255-5656 rklein@imax.com Principal Communications Group - Los Angeles Melissa Zuckerman/Paul Pflug 323-658-1555 melissa@pcommgroup.com paul@pcommgroup.com **Investors:** IMAX Corporation - New York Heather Anthony 212-821-0121 hanthony@imax.com **Business Media:** IMAX Corporation - New York Ann Sommerlath 212-821-0155 asommerlath@imax.com Sloane & Company - New York Whit Clay 212-446-1864 wclay@sloanepr.com