5 premium screens
Istanbul
There are 5 premium screens in Istanbul, IMAX. The biggest picture is at Cinemaximum Akasya Acibadem LG & IMAX — 257 m² of lit screen, 8% more than the next room.
No room here can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Every screen in Istanbul 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: Paribu Cineverse İstinyePark & IMAX 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.
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.
- World Cinezone Marmara ForumIMAX Commercial Lasersize unpublishedC
- Cinemaximum Akasya Acibadem LG & IMAXProjector not established22.1 × 12.4 m257 m² lit pictureC
- Cinemaximum Marmara Park LG & IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon21.3 × 11.9 m239 m² lit pictureC
- Cinemaximum Hilltown & IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon18.3 × 9.6 m175 m² lit pictureD
- Paribu Cineverse İstinyePark & IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon15.9 × 10 m133 m² lit pictureD
Choosing in Istanbul
If you are choosing tonight
It is Cinemaximum Akasya Acibadem LG & IMAX against Cinemaximum Marmara Park LG & IMAX. 257 m² of lit picture against 239 m², 8% more.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. Paribu Cineverse İstinyePark & IMAX leaves 16% dark — 26 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Worth leaving Istanbul for
Cinenova Marmara Forum & IMAX is in Istanbul, Bakırköy and beats everything in Istanbul.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 5. Single source: 4. No source: 1. Generation never established: 1.
Not sure what separates these? The screen is not the picture →