China National Film Museum IMAX
Beijing · ChinaPublished figures
Beijing's giant-screen IMAX GT auditorium (27x21m) at the national film museum, upgraded from 15/70 film to GT laser.
Destination screen. Worth travelling for.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX GT Dual Laser
- Screen
- 27 m × 21 m (567 m²)
- Picture area
- 510 m² — 10% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.29:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- IMAX 12-channel
- Seats
- 402
- Screen type
- flat
- Opened
- 2007
- Operator
- China National Film Museum
Why IQ 86
⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 567 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists
- Screen
- 567 m²
- Picture
- 510 m²
- Screen used
- 90%
2.1 m of this screen — 10% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
Where this comes from
Published figures- Screen dimensions
- published figure
- Projector
- imax.com (IMAX with Laser)
- Aspect capability
- community database (r/imax)
- Operating status
- verified open
This record hasn't been checked against an independent database. 343 of our IMAX venues have been; the rest, mostly in China, rely on the source data alone.
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