Mexico City-based Cinepolisand IMAX have signed a multi-year agreement that will see three giant-screencinemas in the country.

The exhibitor, the largestin Latin America, will retrofit an existing large format cinema at CinepolisPerisur in the capital city. The second and third theatres will be newadditions built onto existing multiplexes. Locations are pending. According toIMAX, the Perisur complex will open in time for the November release of WarnerBros. Pictures' The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience, the first feature-length Hollywood IMAX(R) 3D film.

Cinepolis operates 1,121screens in Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala. The company plans to open newfacilities in Panama.