Esquire IMAX Theatre
Sacramento · United StatesVerified
Standalone downtown Sacramento IMAX with a six-story 1.43 screen and 382 leather rockers.
Excellent large-format presentation.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX 15/70mm Film
- Screen
- 23.1 m × 18 m (416 m²)
- Picture area
- 373 m² — 10% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.28:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- Yes — confirmed, ran The Odyssey in 70mm
- Sound
- IMAX 6-channel
- Seats
- 382
- Screen type
- flat
- Opened
- 1999
- Operator
- Independent
Why IQ 78
⌷ 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 · 416 m² total)
What you actually see
Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters
Only on a 15/70mm print here — the digital projector caps at 1.90, so the same film shows smaller on a digital night.
- Screen
- 416 m²
- Picture
- 373 m²
- Screen used
- 90%
1.8 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
AMC Metreon 16 IMAX
San Francisco · 74 mi away
You'd get 65% more screen, the full 1.43 frame.
Better screens within 75 mi
Where this comes from
Verified- Screen dimensions
- published figure
- Projector
- corroborated against an independent database
- 15/70mm film
- confirmed — on IMAX's own Odyssey 70mm engagement list
- Aspect capability
- community database (r/imax)
- Projector model
- IMAX Digital
- Digital system
- imax xenon
- Operating status
- verified open
- Corroborated against
- imaxguide
Showtimes
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