3 premium screens
Calgary
There are 3 premium screens in Calgary, across IMAX and 4DX. The biggest picture is at Scotiabank Theatre Chinook IMAX — 317 m² of lit screen, 51% more than the next room.
One room — Scotiabank Theatre Chinook IMAX — 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. Scotiabank Theatre Chinook IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Calgary.
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.
Choosing in Calgary
If you are choosing tonight
It is Scotiabank Theatre Chinook IMAX against Landmark Cinemas 16 Country Hills & IMAX. 317 m² of lit picture against 211 m², 51% more — IMAX 15/70mm Film against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Scotiabank Theatre Chinook IMAX also shows the full 1.43:1 frame, so it is the bigger picture and the taller one. There is no trade-off to weigh in Calgary.
Ran the 70mm print
Scotiabank Theatre Chinook IMAX 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. Single source: 1. No source: 1.
No longer here
1 room no longer carries the brand it opened with.
- Telus Sparkno longer IMAX
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →