User blog:Ceauntay/'Scooby-Doo! The Movie' to open to a record 290 IMAX theaters

Scooby and his friends are heading to the big screen, and will be premiering in theaters in most IMAX 3D theaters everywhere with ''Scooby-Doo! The Movie'' on Friday, April 1st, 2011.

While opening in an estimated 4,000 theaters in the US, the film will be released in 233 IMAX theaters, which has broken a record for largest release of IMAX for an animated film ever. And was currently the second largest release ever behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 with 239 IMAX theaters.

Around the country, the film will be opening to 45 countries including Australia, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. Within all of them opening Wednesday, March 30, and thursday March 31, the US premiere is officially set for April 1, 2011. This will be a perfect release to break box office records.