WICHITA — Bill Warren is getting a bit of a reputation, and he doesn’t mind.
He says his Moore, Okla., and Wichita IMAX theaters again were the No. 1 and No. 2 top-grossing IMAX theaters in the country over the weekend and that the Empire IMAX in New York City was No. 3.
Warren’s theaters have been on top so much, soon it’ll hardly be news if they make it again. Warren admits he now has something to live up to.
“As opposed to my normal thing – something I have to live down to.”
Warren says the numbers, which he won’t share, are particularly significant given that his prices are less expensive than tickets in New York and elsewhere.
He credits his staff and the design of his theater, which opened at 21st and Tyler in 2010.
The IMAX theaters are all showing “Oz the Great and Powerful,” Warren says.
“For a movie this big to do that, that’s pretty incredible.”
Warren admits he’s proud and perhaps a bit braggadocios about the whole thing.
“You’re right. I am bragging. admittedly so. Out-grossing New York? I mean, come on.”