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== IMAX Release == | == IMAX Release == | ||
The | The new restoration premiered on September 11, 2023 at Cineplex’s Scotiabank IMAX Theatre in Toronto as part of the [[2023 Toronto International Film Festival]], followed by a Q&A hosted by [[Spike Lee]] with Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz and Harrison. This reunion marked the first time since their induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2002 that all four band members had appeared together publicly. | ||
The film entered first as an exclusive IMAX exhibition on September 22, 2023, before heading to conventional theaters on September 29, 2023, globally. | The initial screening and Q&A were also simulcasted across the world at 165 different IMAX theaters. This would set a record for IMAX's highest grossing live event at the time, earning $640,839, and beating out the previous record holder, ''Brandi Carlile: In The Canyon Haze – Live from Laurel Canyon'' from September 2022.<ref>Goldsmith, Jill. “MSN.” ''Www.msn.com'', 12 Sept. 2023, www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/stop-making-sense-40th-anniversary-tiff-screening-becomes-top-grossing-imax-live-event/ar-AA1gC8xB. Accessed 31 July 2024.</ref> | ||
The film entered first as an exclusive IMAX exhibition on September 22, 2023, before heading to conventional theaters on September 29, 2023, globally. | |||
== Soundtrack Re-Release == | == Soundtrack Re-Release == | ||