Monday nights special 40th anniversary screening ofJonathan DemmesStop Making Senseat the Toronto Film Festival is nowImaxs highest-grossing live event, the company said.
The groundbreakingTalking Headsconcert film,from A24, earned $640,839 and sold out 25 screens across 165 Imax locations in North America and the BFI Imax in London.
The remastered world premiere at Cineplexs Scotiabank Imax Theatre in Toronto was followed by a Q&A live-streamed fromTIFFand moderated by filmmakerSpike Leewith all four original band members in attendance:David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison.Lee called it the greatest concert film ever.
Talking Heads' David Byrne in ‘Stop Making Sense,’ 1984Everett Collection
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The unforgettableStop Making Senselooks and sounds even more incredible in Imax, and were excited to share this event with TIFF and our audiences everywhere, said CEO Rich Gelfond.
This further establishes our ability to deliver live and music experiences with extraordinary quality, and we look forward to a great run ahead with our partners atA24.
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The 4K-remastered 1984 concert film produced by Gary Goetzman, which Demme shot at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood over the course of a week in December 1983, will have a full theatrical run exclusively in Imax starting September 22, expanding to theaters nationwide the following week.
Imaxs biggest live event until now had beenBrandi Carlile: In The Canyon Haze Live from Laurel Canyon, which grossed $505,000 in September 2022.
