32 premium screens
London
There are 32 premium screens in London, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Vue EPIC and Cineworld Superscreen. The biggest picture is at BFI IMAX — 473 m² of lit screen, 25% more than the next room.
2 rooms can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame, which is the thing worth travelling for if a film was shot with IMAX cameras. The rest crop to 1.90. 2 of them ran 15/70mm prints of The Odyssey, which puts up about a third more picture than the digital showing in the same room.
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.
- BFI IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser1.4326 × 20 m473 m² lit pictureS
- IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science MuseumIMAX GT Dual Laser1.4323.3 × 16.8 m380 m² lit pictureS
- Cineworld Leicester Square IMAXIMAX GT Dual Laser26.5 × 15.6 m370 m² lit pictureA
- ODEON Luxe Leicester SquareDolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- ODEON Luxe West EndDolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- The Cinema in the Power StationDolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- ODEON Luxe Swiss Cottage IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser17.6 × 8.9 m150 m² lit pictureC
- ODEON Greenwich IMAXIMAX Laser XT15.1 × 7.76 m114 m² lit pictureD
- ODEON Kingston IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser15.2 × 7.23 m99 m² lit pictureD
- ODEON Luxe Uxbridge IMAXIMAX Laser XT15.24 × 7.43 m105 m² lit pictureD
- Vue West End (Leicester Square) - EPICVue EPICsize unpublishedC
- Vue London Islington (Angel Central) - EPICVue EPIC16 × 7 m112 m² lit pictureC
- Cineworld London Enfield IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon17.2 × 8.9 m150 m² lit pictureD
- ODEON Wimbledon IMAXIMAX Digital Xenon15.2 × 7.9 m119 m² lit pictureD
- Cineworld London Leicester Square - SuperscreenCineworld Superscreen20.5 × 11 m226 m² lit pictureC
- Cineworld London The O2 Greenwich - SuperscreenCineworld Superscreen22 × 9.2 m202 m² lit pictureC
- Vue London Westfield Shepherd's Bush - VueXtremeVueXtreme18 × 10 m175 m² lit pictureC
- Vue London Westfield Stratford City - VueXtremeVueXtreme18 × 10 m175 m² lit pictureC
- Cineworld London Wandsworth - SuperscreenCineworld Superscreensize unpublishedC
- Cineworld London Hounslow - SuperscreenCineworld Superscreensize unpublishedC
- ODEON Luxe Lee Valley - iSenseODEON iSensesize unpublishedC
- ODEON Luxe Acton - iSenseODEON iSensesize unpublishedC
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rankedCineworld London - Enfield4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - Feltham4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - HounslowScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - Leicester Square4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - The O2 Greenwich4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - The O2 GreenwichScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - Wandsworth4DXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - WandsworthScreenXsize unpublished - not
rankedCineworld London - Wembley4DXsize unpublished - Vue London Finchley Road (O2 Centre) - VueXtremeVueXtreme16 × 7 m112 m² lit pictureD
Choosing in London
If you are choosing tonight
It is BFI IMAX against IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum. 473 m² of lit picture against 380 m², 25% more — IMAX Commercial Laser against IMAX GT Dual Laser.
BFI 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 London.
Screen you will be sold and never see
2 rooms here advertise more screen than any film will light. Cineworld Leicester Square IMAX leaves 11% dark — 44 m² of fabric that never carries a picture; ODEON Kingston IMAX leaves 10% dark — 11 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Ran the 70mm print
BFI IMAX and IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, Science Museum ran 15/70mm film of The Odyssey. On film the frame is about a third taller than the digital showing in the same room.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 1 of 32. Single source: 5. No source: 26.
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