巨幕影院集团Imax与万达院线达成协议

Imax, the big screen cinema group, has struck a deal with a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda, the property and media group controlled by Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, to build 150 screens in China over the next six years.

巨幕影院集团Imax与大连万达(Dalian Wanda)旗下子公司达成协议，未来6年将在中国建立150块巨幕。大连万达是一家房地产与媒体集团，由中国首富王健林管理。

The deal is the latest sign of Wanda’s growing global ambitions in cinema.

这笔协议是万达不断增长的全球电影业雄心的最新迹象。

Imax has 335 screens in China and a backlog of 407, including the new screens from Wanda. Rich Gelfond, chief executive, said the expansion would generate significant box office returns for movie studios in Hollywood and China.

Imax在中国已拥有有335块屏幕，还有407块屏幕待建，其中包括此次与万达签订的新屏幕。Imax首席执行官理查德•葛尔方(Richard Gelfond)表示这一扩张将为好莱坞和中国的电影公司带来可观的票房回报。

Mr Gelfond said China’s cinema market had continued to grow even as the country’s economy had slowed. “In absolute numbers, it’s the fastest growth market in the world. If you compare the number of visits that Chinese people make to the movies compared with other parts of the world, it’s still a fairly embryonic market. So there’s a lot of organic growth to get.”

葛尔方表示，虽然中国经济增速放缓，但中国电影市场一直持续增长。“以绝对数字计算，它是全球增长最快的市场。如果将中国人观影次数与其他国家相比，该市场还处于相当初期的阶段，因此还有大量内部增长空间。”

The box office prospects for 2017 would make it a “special year” with sequels to several big blockbusters in the pipeline, he added. “There will be sequels to Star Wars, Jurassic World, Fast and Furious . . . it’s looking very strong.”

葛尔方还表示，2017年的票房前景将这一年成为“特殊的一年”，有几部大片的续集正在进行中。“将上映续集的电影包括《星球大战》(Star Wars)、《侏罗纪公园》(Jurassic World)、《速度与激情》(Fast and Furious )……票房前景极为光明。”

John Zeng, president of Wanda Cinema Line, said the partnership would “foster the incredible expansion of China’s film industry and bring even more blockbuster films to Chinese movie-goers”.

万达院线(Wanda Cinema Line)总裁曾茂军(John Zeng)表示，此次合作将“促进中国电影产业的飞速扩展，将更多震撼大片带给中国观众。”

Imax and Wanda have collaborated on a number of Mandarin-language box office movies including Man of Tai Chi, Go Away Mr Tumor and Mojin: The Lost Legend, Imax’s top-grossing local-language film.

Imax与万达已合作了一批华语卖座影片，包括《太极侠》(Man of Tai Chi)、《滚蛋吧肿瘤君》(Go Away Mr Tumor)，以及Imax华语影片票房最高的《寻龙诀》(Mojin: The Lost Legend)。