3 premium screens
Edmonton
There are 3 premium screens in Edmonton, across IMAX and 4DX. The biggest picture is at Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton IMAX — 317 m² of lit screen, 65% more than the next room.
One room — Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton 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 Edmonton IMAX ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Edmonton.
Worth knowing before you book: Telus World of Science Edmonton never lights 23% of its screen. The fabric is bigger than the picture, which is why the ranking here is by lit area rather than by the dimensions cinemas advertise.
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 Edmonton
If you are choosing tonight
It is Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton IMAX against Telus World of Science Edmonton. 317 m² of lit picture against 192 m², 65% more — IMAX 15/70mm Film against IMAX GT Dual Laser.
Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton 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 Edmonton.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. Telus World of Science Edmonton leaves 23% dark — 56 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Ran the 70mm print
Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton 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: 2 of 3. No source: 1.
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