18 premium screens
Tokyo
There are 18 premium screens in Tokyo, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, ScreenX and 4DX. The biggest picture is at Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro IMAX — 465 m² of lit screen, 133% more than the next room.
One room — Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro 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.
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.
- Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro IMAXIMAX GT Dual Laser1.4325.8 × 18.9 m465 m² lit pictureA
- Shinjuku Wald 9Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Marunouchi PiccadillyDolby Cinema15 × 7.13 m107 m² lit pictureB
- TOHO Cinemas OimachiDolby Cinema14 × 5.9 m83 m² lit pictureD
- Toho Cinemas Shinjyuku & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser19.5 × 10.9 m200 m² lit pictureC
- 109 Cinemas Futako Tamagawa & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser18.5 × 9.9 m180 m² lit pictureC
- 109 Cinemas Kiba & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser18 × 9.1 m157 m² lit pictureC
- 109 Cinemas Grandberry & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser16.8 × 8.6 m141 m² lit pictureC
- not
ranked109 Cinemas Premium ShinjukuScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCinema Sunshine Heiwajima4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedGrand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedGrand Cinema Sunshine IkebukuroScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedTOHO Cinemas IkebukuroScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedUnited Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedUnited Cinemas Aqua City OdaibaScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedUnited Cinemas Toshimaen4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedUnited Cinemas Toyosu4DXsize unpublished - TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills - Screen 4 (TCX)TOHO Cinemas TCX17.1 × 7.2 m123 m² lit pictureC
Choosing in Tokyo
If you are choosing tonight
It is Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro IMAX against Toho Cinemas Shinjyuku & IMAX. 465 m² of lit picture against 200 m², 133% more — IMAX GT Dual Laser against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro 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 Tokyo.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 18. Single source: 5. No source: 13.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →