What is IMAX's backlog?

IMAX reported $28.3M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Dec 2025, up 7% from a year earlier. That is 0.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract.

IMAX (IMAX) backlog: remaining performance obligations

How much revenue IMAX already has under contract, how fast it converts, and who it is with.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026.

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IMAX reported $28.3M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Dec 2025, up 7% from a year earlier. That is 0.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract.
Customer prepayments (contract liabilities) cover 178.1% of the backlog.
Twelve-month book-to-bill: 1.00, i.e. 1.00 of new orders for every 1 of revenue recognised.
Backlog growth minus revenue growth: -10 points — revenue is catching up with orders.
The latest filed figure is more than 200 days old.

IMAX backlog history

Remaining performance obligations at each quarter end (bars) against trailing twelve-month revenue (line).

Amounts in USD. Source: SEC XBRL filings.
Quarter end	Backlog (RPO)	TTM revenue	Coverage	Customer prepayments
31 Dec 2025	$28.3M	$410M	0.1 yrs	$50.4M
31 Dec 2024	$26.5M	$352M	0.1 yrs	$52.7M
30 Sep 2021	$20.3M	$202M	0.1 yrs	$86.4M
30 Jun 2021	$19.6M	$183M	0.1 yrs	$87.5M
31 Mar 2021	$24.3M	$141M	0.2 yrs	$93.2M
31 Dec 2020	$21.6M	$137M	0.2 yrs	$88.0M
30 Sep 2020	$16.7M	$205M	0.1 yrs	$99.8M
30 Jun 2020	$17.2M	$254M	0.1 yrs	$104M
31 Mar 2020	$20.9M	$350M	0.1 yrs	$103M
31 Dec 2019	$17.7M	$396M	0.0 yrs	$94.6M
30 Sep 2019	$15.5M	$380M	0.0 yrs	$104M
30 Jun 2019	$13.7M	$376M	0.0 yrs	$105M

Questions

What is IMAX's backlog?: IMAX reported $28.3M of remaining performance obligations at 31 Dec 2025, up 7% from a year earlier. That is 0.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract.

About these numbers

Remaining performance obligations (RPO) are revenue a company has contracted but not yet recognised, as reported in its SEC filings (XBRL tag RevenueRemainingPerformanceObligation). Coverage = backlog ÷ trailing twelve-month revenue. Book-to-bill = (change in backlog + revenue) ÷ revenue. Conversion = revenue recognised ÷ the backlog at the start of each quarter, summed over four quarters. Counterparty values come from company filings and releases.