LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CJ 4DPLEX is proud to celebrate a killer opening weekend for Final Destination Bloodlines, which has officially become one of the biggest 4DX titles of all time. With a projected $2.2M in box office revenue in U.S. and Canada, Final Destination Bloodlines delivered a $37K per-screen average to secure a remarkable 4.3% market share across just 59 4DX screens.

The latest installment in the iconic horror franchise delivered:

The biggest 4DX domestic weekend of the year to dateThe highest domestic May opening ever for 4DXThe #1 Warner Bros. title in 4DX history

The 4DX experience, which features motion, wind, scent, fog and other environmental effects, perfectly amplified the terrifying thrills of Bloodlines. Audiences were put in the heart of the chaos with visceral, seat-shaking realism that only 4DX can deliver.

To help promote the incredible immersive experience of Bloodlines in 4DX, a custom integration into Warner Bros.’ marketing campaign included a 4DX “Death Chair” social video, which went viral across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter). The content has amassed over 14 million organic views, helping drive awareness and ticket sales for the 4DX format nationwide.

“This weekend proves once again how perfectly horror films work in 4DX,” said Don Savant, CEO of CJ 4DPLEX America. “Final Destination Bloodlines tapped into everything audiences love about our format — pure adrenaline, fully immersive effects, and unforgettable fun. We’re thrilled to partner with Warner Bros. on what is now our biggest 4DX Warner title ever, and we’re excited to continue building on this momentum.”

Final Destination Bloodlines is now playing in 4DX theaters across the U.S. and Canada.

About CJ 4DPLEX

CJ 4DPLEX is a leading, next-generation cinema technology company, headquartered in Seoul with international offices in Los Angeles and Beijing. The company has created innovative film technologies for theaters worldwide that include ‘SCREENX’, ‘4DX’, and ‘Ultra 4DX’ for consumers to experience films in ways that were never before possible.

CJ 4DPLEX is a part of the CJ Group conglomerate that also includes entertainment powerhouses CJ CGV, the fifth largest theater chain in the world, and CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment & Media), who produced the Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and SAG Awards winning film, “Parasite”.

SCREENX is the world’s first multi-projection cinema with an immersive 270 degree field of view. By expanding the image beyond the frame and onto the walls of the theater, SCREENX places the audience directly at the center of the story, creating a visually immersive viewing experience unlike any other. To date, there are over 370 SCREENX auditoriums around the world in 40 countries.

4DX provides moviegoers with a multi-sensory cinema-going experience, allowing audiences to connect with movies through motion, vibration, water, wind, snow, lightning, scents, and other special effects that enhance the visuals on-screen. Each 4DX auditorium incorporates motion-based seating synchronized with more than 21 different effects and optimized by a team of skilled editors. To date, there are over 790 4DX auditoriums around the world, spanning over 70 countries.

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HANOI, Vietnam, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has been awarded the Sao Khue Award 2025 for its smart service robot application programming interface (API) solution. This recognition marks the company’s second Sao Khue Award, following its first win in 2023 for the KONE 24/7 Connected Services innovation. Organized by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA), this annual award is among the most prestigious honors in Vietnam’s information technology sector, and this year set a record with 198 awarded solutions.

King Cheng, Managing Director of KONE Vietnam, says: “Receiving our second Sao Khue Award is not just an honor – it is a testament to our unwavering commitment to people flow innovation and impact. Through cutting-edge technology such as service robot API and deep collaboration with partners, we are proud to be shaping cities in Vietnam that are not only more connected and efficient, but also more livable for generations to come.”

KONE’s service robot API leverages Internet of Things (IoT) technology to connect autonomous robots with the company’s elevator control system, enabling them to call elevators and navigate seamlessly across multi-floor buildings. By utilizing real-time data on elevator position, direction, and operational status, the API ensures smooth, efficient robot movements. This technology is ideal for service-intensive environments such as hospitals, medical facilities, hotels, and airports, supporting various service robots such as cleaning, delivery, and ushering.

Currently being pioneered at Phenikaa University Hospital (Hanoi), the API-enabled delivery robots transport medicines and medical supplies 24/7 across different hospital floors via the cloud-connected KONE MiniSpace™ DX class elevators. This innovation significantly reduces staff workload, allowing medical teams to focus on patient care.

As part of the broader KONE digital platform, the API services are hosted on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform, offering seamless access to KONE equipment and data. This cloud-based approach ensures scalability, reliability and cost-effective integration with existing digital infrastructure. Like its other digital solutions, KONE’s API service is certified to ISO 27001:2022 standards for information security management, providing robust data security and cybersecurity. This makes it a reliable solution for enhancing automation and operational efficiency in high-traffic environments.

Aligning with the green and digital transformation trend supporting Vietnam’s sustainable development goals, KONE has actively introduced practical innovations such as KONE DX digital elevators, KONE 24/7 Connect predictive maintenance solution, and KONE UltraRope® ultra-light carbon fiber elevator cables. In 2024, KONE received the industry’s first LOTUS Green Product Certification from the Vietnam Green Building Council for all its 18 elevator and escalator products. That same year, it was featured in the Top 50 Corporate Sustainability Awards by Nhip Cau Dau Tu magazine, acknowledging its commitment to environmental sustainability and technological innovation in creating smarter, green building solutions.

About KONE

At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we move two billion people every day, making their journeys safe, convenient, and reliable with smart and sustainable People Flow®. In 2024, KONE had annual sales of EUR 11.0 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees in close to 70 countries. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. (HEL: KNEBV).

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ATLANTA, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — AMI®, the global leader in Dynamic Firmware for worldwide computing, is pleased to announce that its Aptio V UEFI Firmware will power the Radxa Orion O6 demonstration platform during COMPUTEX Taipei, which will take place from May 20 to May 23 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center.

The Radxa Orion O6 is a groundbreaking high-performance Mini ITX motherboard designed for AI applications, described by Radxa as the “World’s First Open-Source Arm®v9 Motherboard”. The Orion O6 marks an important milestone in small form-factor AI computing, delivering powerful CPU performance, advanced hardware capabilities, a high degree of expandability and robust system firmware directly to the end user.

The Orion O6 includes the CiX P1 – CD8180 System on Chip (SoC), using Arm big.LITTLE™ technology and featuring a quad-core Arm Cortex®-A720 at 2.6GHz, quad-core Cortex-A720 at 2.4GHz and quad-core Cortex-A520 at 1.8GHz with 12MB of shared L3 cache. It runs the Debian® OS and includes an Arm® Immortalis™-G720 GPU, while the NPU delivers 30 TOPs of computing power. The platform also features 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and can expand up to 64GB, along with PCIe Gen4 8-lane connectivity.

Aptio V UEFI Firmware from AMI is known worldwide for its robustness, security, adaptability, and scalability. By combining feature-rich platform packages that are modular and easy to integrate, Aptio V delivers a platform bring-up journey that is efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and on time.

Srivatsan Ramachandran, SVP of Global Strategic Alliances and Ecosystem Development at AMI, commented that “this Radxa Orion O6 demo platform powered by our Aptio V UEFI Firmware represents a great leap forward in AI compute infrastructure targeted at AI applications and edge computing. Aptio V ensures the powerful system configuration, security, and stability required by these advanced platforms are at end users’ fingertips. We are proud to work with CIX and Radxa on this demo highlighted at COMPUTEX and excited to see how the industry will react.” 

Immortalis™, big.LITTLE™, Cortex® and Arm® are trademarks / registered trademarks of Arm Limited. Debian® is a US registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc., managed by the Debian project. Aptio® is a registered trademark of AMI US Holdings in the US and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the respective properties of their owners.

About AMI
AMI is Firmware Reimagined for modern computing. As a global leader in Dynamic Firmware for security, orchestration, and manageability solutions, AMI enables the world’s compute platforms from on-premises to the cloud to the edge. AMI’s industry-leading foundational technology and unwavering customer support have generated lasting partnerships and spurred innovation for some of the most prominent brands in the high-tech industry.

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