3 premium screens

Doha

There are 3 premium screens in Doha, IMAX. The biggest picture is at Novo Mall of Qatar & IMAX — 434 m² of lit screen, 82% more than the next room.

No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Doha crops to 1.90 or wider, so a film shot with IMAX cameras will be missing about a quarter of its picture wherever you see it.

Worth knowing before you book: IMAX 3D, Villagio Mall never lights 16% 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.

Every room here publishes its dimensions. 1 of 3 has a projector confirmed by two independent sources.

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.

B
Novo Mall of Qatar & IMAXIMAX GT Dual Laser28.7 × 15.9 m434 m² lit picture
C
IMAX 3D, Villagio MallIMAX Digital Xenon21.3 × 13.3 m239 m² lit picture
D
Novo Cinemas IMAX "The Pearl"IMAX Digital Xenon17.6 × 9.8 m163 m² lit picture

Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →