IMAX
E4058
cinema technology brand
film exhibition format
large-format motion picture film system
public company
IMAX is a high-resolution large-format cinema technology known for its giant screens, immersive sound, and specialized cameras used for premium theatrical presentations.
All labels observed (38)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T57233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IMAX Context triple: [Oppenheimer (2023 film), format, IMAX]
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A.
Project Xanadu
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B.
Pacific Rim
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C.
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
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D.
Cloud Gate
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E.
Rockefeller Center
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IMAX Target entity description: IMAX is a high-resolution large-format cinema technology known for its giant screens, immersive sound, and specialized cameras used for premium theatrical presentations.
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A.
Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, non-destructive, and bidirectionally linked document publishing system.
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B.
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim is a 2013 science fiction action film directed by Guillermo del Toro, featuring giant robots called Jaegers battling monstrous sea creatures known as Kaiju.
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C.
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
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D.
Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is a famous stainless-steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor, known for its reflective, bean-like shape and prominence in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
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E.
Pacific Rim: Uprising
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- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cinema technology brand
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film exhibition format ⓘ large-format motion picture film system ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brand | IMAX self-link ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Paramount Pictures
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surface form:
Hollywood film studios
documentary filmmakers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| developed |
IMAX
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IMAX 3D format
IMAX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) format
IMAX Enhanced home entertainment standard ⓘ IMAX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IMAX GT projection system
IMAX digital projection system ⓘ IMAX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IMAX with Laser projection system
|
| feature |
curved floor-to-ceiling screens
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high-brightness projection ⓘ high-contrast projection ⓘ proprietary sound system ⓘ specialized theater geometry ⓘ steep stadium seating ⓘ |
| formerName | Multiscreen Corporation Limited ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Graeme Ferguson
ⓘ
Robert Kerr ⓘ Roman Kroitor ⓘ William C. Shaw ⓘ |
| hasKeyProcess |
IMAX
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IMAX DMR (Digital Media Remastering)
|
| hasSubsidiary |
IMAX
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IMAX Corporation (U.S. operations)
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| headquartersLocation | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| industry |
cinema technology
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entertainment ⓘ film exhibition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-resolution film projection
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immersive multi-channel sound systems ⓘ large-format cinema screens ⓘ premium large format theatrical presentations ⓘ specialized IMAX film cameras ⓘ |
| offers |
IMAX 2D screenings
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IMAX 3D screenings ⓘ IMAX Dome screenings ⓘ IMAX Laser screenings ⓘ |
| secondaryHeadquartersLocation |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| specializesIn | remastering films for large-format presentation ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
museum and science center theaters
ⓘ
theatrical exhibition ⓘ |
| tradedAs |
IMAX
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NYSE: IMAX
IMAX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TSX: IMAX
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| typicalUse | premium-priced cinema screenings ⓘ |
| uses |
15-perforation 70 mm film format
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70 mm film stock ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IMAX Description of subject: IMAX is a high-resolution large-format cinema technology known for its giant screens, immersive sound, and specialized cameras used for premium theatrical presentations.
Referenced by (106)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IMAX cinema
subject surface form:
Futuroscope
this entity surface form:
IMAX cinema
this entity surface form:
IMAX 3D
this entity surface form:
IMAX theater
this entity surface form:
IMAX theater
this entity surface form:
IMAX cinema