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Not every IMAX
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Some “IMAX” screens are ten storeys of 15/70mm film. Some are a multiplex screen with the logo on the door. We track the real specs — screen size, projection system, aspect ratio — across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX and every chain's in-house big screen, so you know exactly what you're buying before you pay the surcharge.
Screen dimensions come from a specialist industry listing; 315 venues have had their optics corroborated against an independent database. The rest carry a projector recorded in 2021, and IMAX has converted a lot of screens to laser since — those scores show as provisional (~IQ) rather than pretending to a precision we don't have.
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1797 screens
IMAX Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
32m × 23m · 736 m²
AMC Lincoln Square 13 IMAX
New York, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
30.8m × 23m · 708 m²
AMC Metreon 16 IMAX
San Francisco, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
29.8m × 23m · 685 m²
CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall IMAX
Seoul, South Korea
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
31m × 22.4m · 694 m²
Kinepolis Brussels IMAX
Brussels, Belgium
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
27.6m × 19.3m · 533 m²
Discovery Place
Charlotte, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
24.1m dome · ~684 m²
IMAX Sydney (Darling Harbour)
Sydney, Australia
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
29m × 24m · 588 m² lit
Wanda Cinema IMAX GT, Liaoning Science & Technology Museum
Shenyang, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
29m × 22m · 638 m²
Miramar Cinemas IMAX (Dazhi)
Taipei, Taiwan
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
28m × 21m · 588 m²
Vue Manchester Printworks IMAX
Manchester, United Kingdom
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
26.3m × 18.8m · 494 m²
BFI IMAX
London, United Kingdom
IMAX Commercial Laser
26m × 20m · 520 m²
Dongguan Science & Technology Museum
Dongguan, China
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
23m dome · ~623 m²
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
23m dome · ~623 m²
Tech Interactive
San Jose, United States
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
25m dome · ~736 m²
Regal Opry Mills IMAX
Nashville, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
27.4m × 20m · 548 m²
Keong Emas IMAX Theatre
Jakarta, Indonesia
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
29.3m × 21.5m · 630 m²
McWane Science Center
Birmingham, United States
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
24m dome · ~679 m²
China National Film Museum IMAX
Beijing, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
27m × 21m · 510 m² lit
Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX
Leonberg, Germany
IMAX GT Dual Laser
38.8m × 21m · 815 m²
Regal Edwards Ontario Palace IMAX
Ontario, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
27.1m × 20.4m · 553 m²
Gujarat Science City
Ahmedabad, India
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
29m × 20.4m · 592 m²
Regal Irvine Spectrum IMAX
Irvine, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
26.8m × 20.6m · 552 m²
IMAX Theater at Tennessee Aquarium
Chattanooga, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
26.6m × 21m · 495 m² lit
Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood IMAX
Universal City, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
24.1m × 17.7m · 427 m²
IMAX Palác Flora (Cinema City)
Prague, Czech Republic
IMAX 15/70mm Film
23.9m × 18.5m · 442 m²
Fleet Science Center
Balboa Park, United States
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
23.2m dome · ~634 m²
Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro IMAX
Tokyo, Japan
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
25.8m × 18.9m · 488 m²
IMAX Theatre at Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
25.6m × 18.9m · 484 m²
IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum
London, United Kingdom
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
23.3m × 16.8m · 391 m²
109 Cinemas Osaka Expocity IMAX
Suita, Japan
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
26m × 18m · 468 m²
Cinéma Banque Scotia Montréal IMAX
Montreal, Canada
IMAX 15/70mm Film
24.9m × 18.7m · 466 m²
Nanjing Juvenile Science & Technology Center
Nanjing, China
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
21m dome · ~520 m²
Shandong Science & Technology Museum
Jinan, Shandong Province, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
29m × 21m · 609 m²
Liaoning Science and Technology Museum IMAX GT
Shenyang, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
29m × 22m · 638 m²
Regal Mall of Georgia IMAX
Buford, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
24.8m × 18.1m · 449 m²
Apple Cinemas Providence Place IMAX
Providence, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
24.7m × 18.6m · 459 m²
Harkins Arizona Mills 25 IMAX
Tempe, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
24.4m × 18.3m · 447 m²
AutoNation IMAX, Museum of Discovery & Science
Fort Lauderdale, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
24.4m × 18.3m · 447 m²
Dongguan Wanda & IMAX
Dongguan, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
28.6m × 21.9m · 626 m²
Pathé Odysseum IMAX
Montpellier, France
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
22.39m × 16.76m · 375 m²
Harbin Tai Lai Era & IMAX
Harbin, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
28.4m × 21m · 596 m²
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto IMAX
Toronto, Canada
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
23.8m × 18.3m · 436 m²
Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX
Dublin, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
23.3m × 17m · 396 m²
Montreal Science Centre
Montreal, Canada
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
27.7m × 21.3m · 590 m²
IMAX Theater
Los Angeles, United States
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
27.4m × 20.3m · 556 m²
Science Museum of Minnesota
Saint Paul, United States
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
27.4m × 20.1m · 551 m²
Yuejie Cinema IMAX GT (Future Ark)
Guiyang, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser
32.16m × 18.17m · 584 m²
Esquire IMAX Theatre
Sacramento, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
23.1m × 18m · 373 m² lit
Event Cinemas Queen Street & IMAX
Auckland, New Zealand
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
27m × 19.9m · 537 m²
Futuroscope - Kinemax IMAX Theatre
Jaunay-Clan, France
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
27.1m × 20.4m · 553 m²
Regal UA King of Prussia IMAX
King of Prussia, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
22.3m × 15.9m · 355 m²
Kramer IMAX, Saskatchewan Science Centre
Regina, Canada
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
21.9m × 15.8m · 346 m²
Cineplex Cinemas Vaughan IMAX
Vaughan, Canada
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
21.8m × 16.1m · 351 m²
Scotiabank Theatre Halifax IMAX
Halifax, Canada
IMAX 15/70mm Film
21.8m × 16.1m · 351 m²
Cinemark Dallas IMAX
Dallas, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film
21.6m × 16.1m · 348 m²
Cineplex Cinemas Mississauga IMAX
Mississauga, Canada
IMAX 15/70mm Film
21.5m × 16.1m · 346 m²
Wanda Cinema IMAX GT, South China Mall
Dongguan, China
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
size unpublished — scored conservatively
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Chantilly, United States
IMAX GT Dual Laser1.43:1
26.1m × 19m · 496 m²
National Geographic Visitor Center at the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, United States
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
23.8m × 18m · 428 m²
La Geode
Paris, France
IMAX 15/70mm Film1.43:1
23.7m × 17.3m · 410 m²