3 premium screens

Melbourne

There are 3 premium screens in Melbourne, across IMAX and 4DX. The biggest picture is at IMAX Melbourne — 716 m² of lit screen.

One room — IMAX Melbourne — can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Everywhere else in town crops to 1.90, which is roughly a quarter less picture on a film shot for it. IMAX Melbourne ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Melbourne.

Ranked

Scored on the picture each room actually lights, not the fabric it is painted on. A tilde means the projector rests on a single dated source.

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IMAX MelbourneIMAX 15/70mm Film1.4332 × 23 m716 m² lit picture
C
HOYTS Melbourne CentralIMAX Commercial Lasersize unpublished
not
rankedVillage Cinemas Century City4DXsize unpublished

Choosing in Melbourne

Ran the 70mm print

IMAX Melbourne ran 15/70mm film of The Odyssey. On film the frame is about a third taller than the digital showing in the same room.

How much of this is confirmed

Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 3. No source: 2.

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