12 premium screens
Paris
There are 12 premium screens in Paris, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Chain premium screen and 4DX. The biggest picture is at La Geode — 859 m² of lit screen, 204% more than the next room.
One room — La Geode — 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.
One of these is a dome, scored on projected surface area — not a like-for-like comparison with a flat screen, and noted as such on the pages.
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.
- La Geodeimax-dome-laser1.4327 m domeB
- Pathé AlésiaDolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Pathé BeaugrenelleDolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Pathe Palace Paris - Salle 1Chain premium screensize unpublishedC
- Le Grand Rex - Grande SalleHeritage single-screen picture palaces24.9 × 11.35 m283 m² lit pictureC
- Pathe La Villette & IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon16.6 × 9.3 m145 m² lit pictureD
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rankedPathe Aquaboulevard4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedPathe Beaugrenelle4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedPathe BeaugrenelleScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedPathe La Villette4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedPathe La VilletteScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedPathe Wepler4DXsize unpublished
Choosing in Paris
If you are choosing tonight
It is La Geode against Le Grand Rex - Grande Salle. 859 m² of lit picture against 283 m², 204% more — IMAX Laser for Dome against Not recorded.
La Geode 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 Paris.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 12. Single source: 2. No source: 10.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →