33 premium screens
Seoul
There are 33 premium screens in Seoul, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Lotte Cinema Super Plex G and CGV Starium. The biggest picture is at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall IMAX — 672 m² of lit screen, 48% more than the next room.
One room — CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall 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.
Worth knowing before you book: CGV Cheonho & IMAX never lights 30% 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.
- CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall IMAXIMAX GT Dual Laser1.4331 × 22.4 m672 m² lit pictureA
- Megabox COEXDolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Lotte Cinema World Tower - Super Plex GLotte Cinema Super Plex G34 × 13.8 m455 m² lit pictureB
- CGV Cheonho & IMAXProjector not established24.8 × 18.7 m324 m² lit pictureC
- CGV Yeongdeungpo - StariumCGV Starium31.38 × 13 m404 m² lit pictureC
- Megabox COEXMegabox MXsize unpublishedC
- CGV Wangsimni IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon21.3 × 12.3 m239 m² lit pictureC
- CGV Yongsan I'Park MallChain premium screensize unpublishedC
- not
rankedCGV Banghak4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Cheongdam CineCity4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Cheongdam CineCityScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV CheonhoScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Gangbyeon4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV GangbyeonScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV GangnamScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV GuroScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV HongdaeScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Junggye4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV JunggyeScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV MokdongScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV SangamScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Sangbong4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Sinchon Artreon4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Sinchon ArtreonScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Wangsimni4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV WangsimniScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Yeongdeungpo4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV YeongdeungpoScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Yeonnam4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Yeouido4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV YeouidoScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Yongsan I'Park Mall4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCGV Yongsan I'Park MallScreenXsize unpublished
Choosing in Seoul
If you are choosing tonight
It is CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall IMAX against Lotte Cinema World Tower - Super Plex G. 672 m² of lit picture against 455 m², 48% more — IMAX GT Dual Laser against 4K Laser.
CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall 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 Seoul.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. CGV Cheonho & IMAX leaves 30% dark — 140 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 33. Single source: 3. No source: 30. Generation never established: 1.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →